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
Tehran is expanding its targets and making the jump to attacks that inflict real-world harm, according to cyber officials and defense experts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Jordan Love is having a great season, and the Packers’ defense is second in the league in takeaways with 19.
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
“My mother used to tell me that the best defense for anything is doing a good job.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Shykevich, of Check Point, said Iran may be shifting its targets from Israel to the U.S. and Europe because the impacts are bigger there—and the defenses weaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The researchers traced these lingering effects to significant changes in the spleen, an organ that plays an important role in coordinating immune defenses.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
One new strategy for safeguarding hardware focuses on embedding defenses directly into devices via microchips, rather than relying solely on software or network firewalls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 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
French, British, and Belgian armies, meanwhile, were assaulting German defenses along the rest of the Western Front.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Over his career, he has 253 tackles and 17 passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 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
He had 32 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, 31 passes defensed, 12 interceptions, 17 forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 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
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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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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