defended
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Carr last year defended the FCC’s approval of the Paramount merger with Skydance, saying it “advances the public interest.”
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe faced backlash for his comments on the women's team and there was outrage at their training facilities in 2024, which Skinner defended at the time.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Pressimone defended the practice as necessary and commonplace, Canty says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He was explicit that Fuentes’ views on race and women are indefensible, and that what Fuentes has said about the Holocaust and Nazism cannot be defended.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
“Yes, well, I’m just telling you, sir,” I said lamely, and then felt furious with myself for not having defended what I’d seen with my own eyes.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
