defend
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On Saturday in Tampa, Florida, Cyborg will defend her PFL featherweight title against fellow Brazilian Ketlen Vieira in what could be the final bout of her storied career.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
From masterpieces to trash-terpieces, I’m willing to defend most directors against critics who assume they’ve thought more about a movie’s flaws in two hours than the filmmaker did during a year of work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Hernandez has defended Israel’s right to defend itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
They are where investors and governments like to park extra cash, for example, to defend their currencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Without turning around, still looking at me, not at the gun, he shouts, “Riley, Eb, let’s be moving on. I admire this boy. He’s ready to defend his land.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Puerto Rican defends her WBA and WBO featherweight titles against Argentina's Lucrecia Manzur on Friday in California, in the first world championship boxing event to be streamed live on TikTok.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
"And he defends me really well, but he can't go too far because if he goes too far, he'll get fired."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The administration defends its dealmaking as an economic boon in the long term.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
He explains his interpretive method and defends it against a hostile biographer—and his high-school English teacher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Christina defends Will’s plan; the Dauntless-born initiates vote for offense; everyone argues about who should make the decision.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
Swinney insisted the government had sought to "minimise" costs, while Justice Secretary Neil Gray defended the business class flights as a means of ensuring ministers "arrive fresh" when they travel overseas.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
In an article in the right-wing Times daily headlined "Was it wrong to write so much about Jason Arday?" journalist Sarah Ditum defended her reporting.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
He said there was a "difference between being swift and being hasty" as he defended being unable to yet announce Nesbitt's successor following his resignation.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Smith defended those remarks Monday, saying he felt he was being fair and was supportive of the women.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Watts Hill, Jr., chairman of Home Security Life Insurance, and a member of one of Durham’s leading families, defended the head of Operation Breakthrough in a letter to OEO director Sargent Shriver.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Absent since April, the joyful tennis comet—and defending champion—announces his New York City return.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
World number one and defending champion Scheffler, who had also triumphed in Memphis on Sunday, suffered a run of four bogeys through the opening seven holes, finding himself far down the field.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
In interviews aired late Tuesday on Israeli television, Huckabee said the United States was committed to defending its own citizens.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Can any City Section team beat defending champion Carson?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It shifted, tightening itself into a more compact coil, looking more like it was defending territory than getting ready to leave.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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