defending
Example Sentences
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She says she is defending women's rights and has denied accusations of transphobia.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“I will go to my grave defending that woman,” she says of Caroline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Walter, who also owns the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and is an investor in English Premier League club Chelsea, bought a majority stake of the Lakers last June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The legal system treated Fraser as a victim, a man simply defending himself from an unprovoked attack.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
She didn’t think Fielding was crude at all, or that Richardson was a fine psychologist, but she wasn’t going to be drawn in, defending, defining, attacking.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
