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China has maintained its defiant stance and has vowed to fight this trade war "until the end."

Harvard's defiant response came less than a month after Columbia University cratered to the Trump administration's demands to disciple students.

To be joyful, to laugh, to stay quirky in spite of everything, is a supreme act of defiant survival.

To that end, the mythological references are meaningful, speaking to the archetypes we’re often locked into, and the defiant types like Cal who make their escape.

Most villages have grudgingly acquiesced to Israel’s presence, but some remain defiant.