defense
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The defense contractor named Sam Mehta, the head of its space and communications systems business, as president and CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
As they say, the best defense is a good offense.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
“There is also a widespread view in Iran that the main war has not yet begun,” said Mohammad Hassan Sangtarash, a Tehran-based defense analyst close to the Iranian government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The exercise, which runs for 11 days, is a regular summer fixture for South Korea's armed forces and their US allies, designed to steel them for defense against the nuclear-armed North.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
President John Kennedy, who had appointed him secretary of defense in 1961, called McNamara the smartest man he’d ever met.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
The US stations about 28,500 troops in South Korea to bolster the country's defenses against military threats from Pyongyang.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
For decades, scientists have generally viewed the brain's immune system as largely separate from the immune defenses operating throughout the rest of the body.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
The plane swap prompted renewed scrutiny of the Qatar-gifted jet, which the Times reported did not have the same security features as the older jet, including anti-missile defenses.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Also important is ramping up passive defenses, such as digging underground facilities for vital infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
It wasn’t anything to do with the captured Heinkel bomber; it was just an ordinary air raid, the Luftwaffe doing their worst to try to destroy British defenses.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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
Gilman started all five games for the Chargers this season with 22 tackles and three passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
In his first start of the season, Burns responded with five tackles and one pass defensed in 63 snaps.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Leonard had 614 tackles, 32 for loss, 31 passes defensed, 17 forced fumbles, 15 sacks, 12 interceptions, seven fumble recoveries and one touchdown in 5 1/2 seasons with the Colts.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
Then I may think myself to be Well recompensed, For wearing of the tree that is So well defensed Against all weather that doth fall When wayward winter spits his gall.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury
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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