fend
Example Sentences
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Ford poured big money into developing its aerodynamic Taurus sedan, hoping to fend off the famously reliable Accord at a time when quality problems plagued Detroit.
The data may be encrypted to fend off hackers, but the companies can decrypt and, if presented with a warrant, share it.
The most practical solution: Community property with right of survivorship or, as a halfway point, a clearly drafted life-estate agreement, ideally memorialized in a postnuptial agreement to fend off any disgruntled stepchildren.
From MarketWatch
They needed cash prices low enough to fend off compounders and to reach uninsured patients at scale.
Wilson-Youngblood is also featured in “The Librarians,” recounting her story of trying to fend off an all-out war of harassment and censorship aimed at the library staff in her district.
From Salon
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