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defender

[dih-fen-der] / dɪˈfɛn dər /
NOUN
champion
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And they started brightly, with Katie Buchanan collecting the ball on the wing, beating a defender and sprinting over the line to give them a fifth-minute lead in her first international start.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

If a defender comes across to mark him, they risk leaving another attacker unmarked elsewhere.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Evans emerges as both a fierce defender of Holmes and a person with great influence over her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

I think every role that I play has a little bit of me in it, and I basically play Kenny Boy if he became a public defender.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Once you became an idea’s defender you had a harder time changing your mind about it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Small in stature but a giant headache for tiring defenders.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

A handful of defenders noted that the new press secretary had only a day to get ready for her debut.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

By engineering cells before they fully mature, scientists may be able to create therapies that are easier to manufacture, more adaptable, and capable of maintaining a continuing supply of specialized immune defenders.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Zacharia succeeded Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down in August after becoming one of the most prominent public defenders of Trump's second administration.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Sometimes defenders have well over one hundred clients at a time; many of these clients are facing decades behind bars or life imprisonment.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander


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