defense
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This in turn is driving up sovereign debt and borrowing costs, and crowding out investments in defense, infrastructure and education.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
“When you know your defense is that good it allows you to take more chances on offense,” Ong said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
But U.S. military installations have lost critical defense systems and suffered billions in damage, and Iranian attacks have forced the U.S. to move troops off several bases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
O’Leary’s defense has bent but rarely broken all season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The defense wall seemed unconquerable, and so, the Germans reasoned, if the Allies did attack, the attack would not take place on the Normandy beaches.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Scientists at Gladstone Institutes have discovered an unusual bacterial immune system that operates in almost the opposite way of previously known defenses.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Anyone who has ever played a football videogame or called defenses from their couch has wished their favorite team blitzed opposing quarterbacks more often.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
German and Allied air defenses could kill him; so could freezing temperatures or oxygen deprivation at 20,000 feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Cytokines play important roles in regulating inflammation, coordinating immune defenses, and directing the body's response to infections.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
He examined her face, saw that she looked at him without her usual defenses.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Over his career, he has 253 tackles and 17 passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
This is his sixth season, all with the Chargers, and for his career has five interceptions and 21 passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
His six passes defensed are two off his career high with a half-dozen games remaining.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
The two rookies played well enough to keep the Rams out of the end zone all day, as Johnson got his first career interception and Valentine had three passes defensed.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
You know how it is said to Jeremiah, "Behold, I have made thee this day a defensed city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land."
From Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 by John Ruskin
It's also impossible not to look at the fact we could of and should have done a better job of defensing it.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2011
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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