defended

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From this perspective, proposed cuts or new oversight mechanisms are defended as fiscally responsible or democratically accountable, even if critics see them as hostile to scientific autonomy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The industry body representing flea treatment companies defended the use of preventive flea treatments as important for animal health.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

NASA's administrator Jared Isaacman on Wednesday defended the makeup of the space agency's latest Artemis crew, an all-male group.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The idea being: This isn’t actually a real lawsuit, and in cases where the same kind of claims have been made, the IRS has defended those cases and asserted all sorts of defenses.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

She had defended me, protected me, just as my African mother would have done.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince