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It’s important to mark very clearly that I’m speaking about the need to defend a minority whenever you belong to the majority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Ukraine has discovered a new way to defend its capital city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 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

If they had been less aggressive, less calculating, we might have been able to defend ourselves.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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

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

American Garcia defends his WBC welterweight belt against 29-year-old Benn at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

With how fast the tactical landscape changes in the Premier League, Carrick will have to be nimble in how his side defends against such solutions.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

I say, then, that the armies with which a prince defends his state are made up of his own troops, or mercenaries, or auxiliaries, or of mixed troops.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Lango noted that “to be fair,” interim Nvidia CEO Colette Kress “publicly defended the deals as smart investments” in her role as company CFO.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez defended their countries' right to develop their oil industries in their COP31 speeches.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Huang has also vocally defended the technology against concerns that it could lead to widespread catastrophe:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

"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

“You know, where Horatius and his two friends defended the city from an invading army? Now, there was a brave Roman!”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

No fewer than 15 parties hold seats in the Dutch parliament, from those defending the interests of people over 50 years old, to a farmers' party.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Despite being the defending champion, Cleveland was not the No. 1 seed in the City Section Open Division boys’ water polo playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

More abysmal defending left United with another mountain to climb - but they emerged from the carnage with a point.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

While die-hard laetrile supporters were unfazed, the public grew more and more uncomfortable defending it.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

He must have, defending the Abbey with his large heavy sword, wearing all that armor.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques