defense
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There are currently three bills that are now more likely to pass Congress as soon as next month through an annual defense package, analysts said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Among a defense secretary’s most important responsibilities is maintaining the confidence of Congress, which controls the military’s purse strings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Jacksonville might be the best team in the AFC and it just beefed up its defense at the trade deadline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Pete Hegseth on Thursday awarded a medal to a US soldier who reprimanded the defense chief and his entourage for laughing and talking near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier the day before.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
Mother said as he laid it on the defense table.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Even though the original infection had been brought under control, their immune defenses continued to function poorly.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
But America’s defenses aren’t organized for this threat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
NFL defenses have never been more supercharged and frenetic, designed to confuse and deceive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Wolfson is preparing for all kinds of strategy scenarios, from full-court presses to teams relying on threes to trapping defenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Lucky that she is forgiving and understanding, and that she knows how to wear down anyone’s defenses.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Gilman started all five games for the Chargers this season with 22 tackles and three passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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
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
He still finished with a season-high eight tackles, one for a loss, and the helmet-assisted pass defensed.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 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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