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defender

[dih-fen-der] / dɪˈfɛn dər /
NOUN
champion
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In Lagarde’s final months in the job, she positioned herself as Europe’s defender.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

"The country is not only in a mourning mood but also in a state of terror. We live in paranoia," rights defender Tito Magoti said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The defender made 286 appearances for Villa after joining in July 2019 from Brentford and helped them win the Europa League in May, the club's first European trophy since 1982.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Brazil defender Dodo is set to leave Fiorentina when his contract ends in the summer, with AC Milan, Juventus and Barcelona linked with the 27-year-old.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

As one public defender explained, “The kids come in with their parents, who want to get this dealt with as quickly as possible, and they say, ‘You did it, admit it.’

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Neutrophils are often among the first defenders to respond to an infection, while lymphocytes include cells that recognize specific threats, produce antibodies, and help coordinate immune responses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Dowman is one of best young players in Europe and tough treatment from defenders is something Arteta has previously said that Dowman will have to get used to.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

At the same time as new tools speed up hackers, cyber defenders are also racing to fix the fast-growing volume of security bugs discovered by AI, before hackers can exploit the new flaws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

David Ross is an alternate in the Torrance branch of the public defenders office and also works in Bellflower and Long Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

For an example of a trivial sense, suppose the defenders of Ptolemaic astronomy had responded to the threat posed by Copernicanism by simply renaming the sun ‘the earth’, and the earth ‘the sun’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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