defending
Example Sentences
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"Tuvalu is disappearing. What good does it do if we take this decision? What good is defending your borders if there is no livable world left?"
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Then your opponent has to spend a lot of money defending himself.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
The party said it would be capable of defending the UK's critical national infrastructure, military bases and sovereign territories from sophisticated threats.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
In defending the rule allowing stock gifts, the Treasury Department contended that the policy would encourage many more donations, outweighing the additional risk and volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“Whatever. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go finish defending Earth from a zombie invasion. Because that’s the kind of twenty-first-century skills we’re learning here at Riverview Middle School.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
