defend

Example Sentences

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However, he defended the prices by again pointing to the demand for tickets.

From BBC

Vance, who has aggressively defended the officer who killed Good, was due in Minnesota later Thursday and is expected to meet ICE officers, as well as community and business figures.

From Barron's

While details of the agreement made at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos remained scant, many Greenlanders, who fiercely defend their right to self-determination, were disappointed.

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Transport Minister Oscar Puente vowed to negotiate to have the strike called off and said the two tragedies were unrelated, defending the public transport system.

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Cook and her legal team have argued that her termination without notice—or the ability to defend herself—trampled on her right to due process.

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