defensive
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The veteran defensive back won won two Super Bowls with the Chiefs reinjured during the Rams’ victory over the Chargers on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
He said that while investors were positioning for a post-election selloff, they’re now “unwinding” from defensive positions.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
When Ocon was struggling, he would become defensive and blame the team and car.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Some of the officials described the assaults as defensive in nature to prevent Iran from having the freedom to attack commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The effectiveness of machine guns as defensive weapons kept both sides from achieving a breakthrough and helped prolong the deadlock of trench warfare that immobilized the Western Front.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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“Clearly the ‘run it hot’ policy posture is done; not yet time for defensives but quality, value, and yield look prudent,” said the BofA strategists.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
In general, do you have statistics on outcomes for forward defensives, cuts, drives, hooks, pulls, etc?
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The AI boom has ensured it hasn’t, yet defensives should eventually see a catch-up trade.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025
Aaron Donald and Ernest Jones IV are gone, so Rams had big defensives plan when they drafted Florida State front disrupters Jared Verse and Braden Fiske.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024
Few realize how important a role sound plays in what might be called the defensives of our every-day life.
From The Sign at Six by Stewart Edward White
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