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defend

[dih-fend] / dɪˈfɛnd /




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You’ll have spent a few years building cash, a brokerage account and a financial plan you can defend.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Wickline certainly doesn’t need me to defend her.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

“Would you go to a doctor that used AI throughout all of medical school? Would you hire a lawyer to defend you who used AI to take the bar exam?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

"We are fully prepared to defend the Vice President before the Senate sitting as an Impeachment Court," it said.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

“And you came down here to defend me with a piece of wood.”

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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