defender

Example Sentences

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The Argentina international placed his body in front of PSG defender Willian Pacho, before going to ground.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Cuauhtémoc Ortega, the chief federal defender for the Central District of California, who personally represented Orellana and other protesters.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

Autonomous systems that require no such links and can coordinate with each other in a fight will pose a far greater challenge to a defender.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

He was no Churchillian defender of Western Christian civilization against the barbarian hordes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

My grandmother—besieged yet again, and now with doubled ferocity—assumed the role of public defender for Jagu.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee