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defend

[dih-fend] / dɪˈfɛnd /




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Bank Indonesia has room to defend the currency through foreign-exchange intervention and other liquidity measures without raising its main policy rate, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Claude Sheets allows Anthropic customers to build full spreadsheets from simple prompts, but Microsoft has ways to defend itself.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

He denied the accusations, but did not appear in court to defend himself.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Yet today the spread of low-cost, lethal drone technology has made bases much harder to defend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Ball fearlessly helped defend the nation’s capital even as white militiamen fled.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Blocking agents defends Amazon’s ability to advertise and sell directly to consumers—many of whom are Amazon Prime subscribers and won’t change where they shop just because their agents are cut off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The most recent tally from NGO Foro Penal, which defends political prisoners, said there were 344 such prisoners in the country as of September 18.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Housing costs are climbing, but James T. Butts Jr. defends the growth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The Puerto Rican defends her WBA and WBO featherweight titles against Argentina's Lucrecia Manzur on Friday in California, in the first world championship boxing event to be streamed live on TikTok.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

In August, Vincent defends his art, his process, and takes Van Rappard to task for his judgmental nature.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Lango noted that “to be fair,” interim Nvidia CEO Colette Kress “publicly defended the deals as smart investments” in her role as company CFO.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez defended their countries' right to develop their oil industries in their COP31 speeches.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Kress has defended Nvidia’s role as a banker to the broader AI industry from critics who argue Nvidia’s efforts to prop up demand across the industry has left it more vulnerable to a downturn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

"I'm not happy with how we defended that situation. It's something that we could have avoided, something that we had worked on during the week. To concede penalties is not good for us."

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Because Caesar defended us, he angered the ex-soldier.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

This approach posed problems for teams who defended in a zonal manner - defending specific areas rather than individual players.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

No fewer than 15 parties hold seats in the Dutch parliament, from those defending the interests of people over 50 years old, to a farmers' party.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

While die-hard laetrile supporters were unfazed, the public grew more and more uncomfortable defending it.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

“I wonder if it’s worth it to try defending ourselves against this kind of weapon,” said retired French Lt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin


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