defense
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Not including healthcare, the country will spend more than £100 billion this year on all types of welfare benefits for the sick and disabled, about a third more than defense spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Kendra Hansen has caught 96 passes for 1,143 yards and 22 touchdowns and has 44 flag pulls on defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Ukraine was caught unprepared for the jet-drone threat in part because of financial constraints that force it to choose between competing defense research-and-development and procurement priorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
This was the first game that Broncos coach Sean Payton took over playcalling duties and — thanks in large part to the Chargers’ defense — his team fell far short of overwhelming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The minister of defense, Rodion Malinovsky, was on the line.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
The system appears to carry fluid and waste away from the back of the eye and into the lymphatic network, which helps the body maintain fluid balance, remove waste, and support immune defenses.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
With the exception of last week, Denver’s offense has scored on good defenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
That could weaken plants' natural defenses and alter which species become dominant within tropical forests.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Chaudhry says the company experienced firsthand the power of AI to disrupt cyber defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
His screaming was totally a performance to please them; he had been practicing his defenses for a month now, and he was more than ready.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Over his career, he has 253 tackles and 17 passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
This is his sixth season, all with the Chargers, and for his career has five interceptions and 21 passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Sneed had two interceptions and 14 passes defensed in 16 games last season, giving him 10 interceptions and 40 passes defensed in his four-year career.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
Leonard had 614 tackles, 32 for loss, 31 passes defensed, 17 forced fumbles, 15 sacks, 12 interceptions, seven fumble recoveries and one touchdown in 5 1/2 seasons with the Colts.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 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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Set, Hut! Football Vocabulary
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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