self-defense
Example Sentences
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Watchful for a Soviet attack from the north, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, as the country’s military is known, were for years concentrated in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s four large islands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
The regional Japan Air Self-Defense Forces "scrambled aircraft" in response, it said.
From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025
Members of the Community Self-Defense Coalition patrol neighborhood streets in an effort to alert people about ICE operations and inform them of their rights.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
The Ground Self-Defense Force, Japan’s army, dispatched troops to join relief efforts at the request of the governor of Gifu.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024
The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, which opposed police brutality and engaged in political and social programs in big cities, was founded that year too.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
