defender
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Manchester United are targeting a move for 24-year-old Everton and England defender Jarrad Branthwaite as they aim to make big changes to their defence.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
This season has been a struggle for the England defender, culpable for both goals scored by Ipswich last weekend and being picked off by John McGinn deep in his own half for Villa's first goal.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Former Manchester City and Belgium defender Kompany, 40, remains in a "stable" condition in hospital and "examinations were continuing".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Mr. Lévy is a longstanding defender of Israel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
His public defender stood beside him, lifted a legal pad full of notes, and cleared his throat.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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They sympathize with Ukraine’s defenders, its abducted children, its shivering elderly and persecuted Christians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
At the same time as new tools speed up hackers, cyber defenders are also racing to fix the fast-growing volume of security bugs discovered by AI, before hackers can exploit the new flaws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
This runoff election for an open seat features two veteran attorneys with extensive experience as public defenders: Justin Allen Clayton and Anna Slotky Reitano.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
"Monitoring reports show thousands of accounts and posts have faced suspensions, reduced visibility and sharing limits, including journalists, human rights defenders, civil society actors and content creators," they said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Our house—the Novis family—we are great pretenders and defenders.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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