defend
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To illustrate how American SI has helped us defend against foreign models, consider Google Chrome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
He denied the accusations, but did not appear in court to defend himself.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Hegseth told reporters that he was ready to defend his record.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Antigens are the components of a vaccine that stimulate the immune system to recognize and defend against a virus.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Mrs. Albury spoke before I could defend myself.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Blocking agents defends Amazon’s ability to advertise and sell directly to consumers—many of whom are Amazon Prime subscribers and won’t change where they shop just because their agents are cut off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Justice Alito defends the chief from that criticism by reflecting on the ways in which both judging and umpiring require experience, study and perspicacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Taylor defends the decision, saying it was "grounded in experience and careful consideration of policing powers".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The most recent tally from NGO Foro Penal, which defends political prisoners, said there were 344 such prisoners in the country as of September 18.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Extra butter for the youngsters, the problems facing today’s youth—you name it, and Mother defends the younger generation.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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"I'm not happy with how we defended that situation. It's something that we could have avoided, something that we had worked on during the week. To concede penalties is not good for us."
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Nowhere is this more apparent than in his letters to Zola, who defended Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish-French army officer falsely accused of selling military secrets to the Germans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Speaking to AFP, YK Enerji defended the project by pointing to Turkey's energy security needs.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Johnson and his party have both since defended his right to free speech.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Your brother would never have done it....Well, it was the truth, Harry thought as he ran on again; Dumbledore, who had defended Snape for so long, would never have held students ransom....
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Tandy will not be content with Wales spending long periods defending and only having 40% in territory and possession.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Manipulating defenses and defending like he’s taken some slander personally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Cornell, after initially defending its disciplinary measures, has acknowledged it fell short in its handling of her case and has hired a former attorney general to conduct an independent review of the case.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The U.S. also “could distinguish much more sharply between defending Israel against an attack and supporting military operations initiated by Israel,” he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The 586th spent the fall of 1943 defending Kursk and then the Ukrainian city of Kiev, newly liberated from German occupation.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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