defense
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Lawmakers last year pledged more than $1 trillion in investments for defense and infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
“This delay will not help out deterrence very much,” Stars and Stripes quotes Estonia’s defense minister, Hanno Pevkur, as saying.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
Mexico’s defense ministry was unaware of the raid, she said, even though state authorities say dozens of federal troops were involved.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Although first-quarter earnings growth was better than expected, investors are wary of aerospace and defense stocks amid uncertainty over budget allocations and rising energy costs.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
And in the Soviet Union, while walking along the Black Sea waterfront with his minister of defense, Nikita Khrushchev proposed an idea that would push the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing defense
Set, Hut! Football Vocabulary
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Defense, Dribble, and Dunk: Basketball Lingo
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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