defense
Example Sentences
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The Fire defense smothered her, and while Erica Wheeler and Ogwumike made some shots early, the Sparks mostly didn’t make Portland pay for doubling up their star.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The following year, Putin visited Pyongyang, where the two leaders signed a mutual defense pact.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
One of the Sparks’ offseason priorities was improving their league-worst defense, but that’s been more difficult than ever with how the game is being called.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Monday morning’s busy traffic led a German defense analyst to declare, “Kyiv is alive and kicking.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
After delivering a spirited defense of her husband's right to make judicial appointments before he left office, Abigail launched a frontal attack on Jefferson’s character.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing defense
Set, Hut! Football Vocabulary
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Defense, Dribble, and Dunk: Basketball Lingo
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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