defender
Example Sentences
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Brazilian defender Gabriel is so important in the majority of the routines that Arsenal use.
From BBC
Haggis has its defenders, but it is not, for most Americans, a food you crave under emotional duress.
From Salon
Reese is the self-appointed defender of his family brand, a role that takes many forms.
When the initial verdict dropped last year, environmental defenders rallied around Greenpeace, denouncing the verdict as a chilling attack on climate action around the globe.
From Barron's
Hours later, Ukraine said it had received 1,000 bodies which, "according to prior information from the Russian side, may belong to Ukrainian defenders".
From BBC
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