defense
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In addition, the congressional process for negotiating and enacting an annual defense package is expected to be finished in December, they noted.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Tehran is expanding its targets and making the jump to attacks that inflict real-world harm, according to cyber officials and defense experts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Indiana enters Saturday’s game with the nation’s fourth-ranked scoring defense, allowing 12.4 points per game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
The Patriots defense started strong but has fallen apart, and last week it was embarrassed by Green Bay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Door had been Door, and defense, ever since.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Scientists at Pompeu Fabra University discovered that mice recovering from an acute viral infection experienced prolonged problems with their immune defenses.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
Finally, cloud providers, telecom companies and AI labs should identify defenses that can work nationwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Wolfson is preparing for all kinds of strategy scenarios, from full-court presses to teams relying on threes to trapping defenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
It all felt too fast and too wide-ranging to be human, trying to find holes everywhere in Railway’s defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
He tore out a blank page so that he might sketch Norfolk and its defenses for his friends.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Over his career, he has 253 tackles and 17 passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
Gilman started all five games for the Chargers this season with 22 tackles and three passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
He still finished with a season-high eight tackles, one for a loss, and the helmet-assisted pass defensed.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
Jordyn Brooks was all over the field, generating nine tackles, two for loss, half a sack and a pass defensed.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
You know how it is said to Jeremiah, "Behold, I have made thee this day a defensed city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land."
From Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 by John Ruskin
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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