Defections in a sentence

The party had experienced some defections and threats of defections to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after the governorship primaries in Kogi and Bayelsa States earlier this month.

Because of the injuries and free agent defections, however, the team may have a tough time approaching its 106-56 record of last season.

He said he was seeing far more “defections,” as he put it, from Transporter missions to Electron than the other way around.

In a write-up in the Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana, Raut had wondered whether Maharashtra politics will witness the “second season of defections”.

Most Tesla owners stay with the brand, although a strong set of Model S rivals and the lack of a step-up product from Model Y has led to some defections to other brands.

These carrots to induce BNP defections are testing the party’s internal unity.

While $35 million-$40 million might not seem bad, keep in mind that’s not per school – it’s for the whole conference, meaning the per-school payout would have ended up at around $4 million before defections.

And then we were given some defections to cheer us up.

Beleaguered by high-profile defections, internal bickerings within the Congress have added to the party’s problems ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Defections: The former SNP MP Lisa Cameron quit the party she described as “toxic” to defect to the Tories.

Ever since its loss to the Congress in last year’s Assembly elections, the BRS in Telangana has seen a spate of defections to the ruling party.

Like with the article, the only token criticism is from a “handful of Democratic defections” in Congress—in this case, Sens.

Offering money to induce defections is a cognisable offence and needs to be investigated.

On the far right, the National Rally has been bolstered by defections from the traditional right that has shattered in the campaign shake-up.

Pyongyang treats defections as a serious crime and is believed to hand harsh punishments to transgressors, their families, and even people tangentially linked to the incident.

Republicans said they were confident they would have the numbers, despite a handful of defections on Tuesday, once Majority Leader Steve Scalise, absent for cancer treatment, returns.

Several senior Georgian ambassadors have resigned in protest, and hundreds of civil servants and military figures have issued letters condemning the decision to suspend EU accession talks, though there have been no notable defections from GD.

So while a majority of convention delegates could decide to pick a new nominee, doing so would require massive defections from the president’s own supporters.

That frustration appears to be driving his current behavior—constantly calling for resignations or defections whenever he spots a perceived weakness in VIP leadership.

The defections are here and the opportunists are back to their deeds and positioning themselves.