defense
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We remain committed to NATO’s collective defense and clear-eyed about the need for Allies to increase their capabilities to deter all threats to…
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Under the deal, investment company Aurelius would take over the plant as majority owner, together with the state of Lower Saxony and turn it into a security and defense facility, Volkswagen said Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The underlying problem, defense experts say, is that the United States designed its missile defense programs for a world in which only a few major powers like China and Russia posed serious threats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
In its defense, Finch does not advertise itself as fixing the root of what is causing us to be so unwell.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Like Jefferson and the other members of the Virginia dynasty, he regarded any explicit defense of slavery in the mode of South Carolina and Georgia as a moral embarrassment.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Its underground location provides one of the first defenses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Palo Alto Networks’ latest earnings show customers already voting with their budgets to modernize their cyber defenses to meet the capabilities of ever-more-powerful AI models, the WSJ reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"We have a limited window to strengthen cyber defenses," the letter said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Red-zone defense and how that equates. If you look at the top teams in the country over the last several years, typically the top red-zone defenses equal out with that; like, it’s the same teams.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Usually you need a key card, but the doorman vanished. That means the defenses are crumbling. Anyone can walk into the elevator now and head straight up.”
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
Over his career, he has 253 tackles and 17 passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
Gilman started all five games for the Chargers this season with 22 tackles and three passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
In six seasons, Oliver has three interceptions, 36 passes defensed, two sacks, nine quarterback hits and two fumble recoveries.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
His six passes defensed are two off his career high with a half-dozen games remaining.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
You know how it is said to Jeremiah, "Behold, I have made thee this day a defensed city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land."
From Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 by John Ruskin
It's also impossible not to look at the fact we could of and should have done a better job of defensing it.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2011
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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