defended
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Warner Bros defended the campaign, stating it had been prepared with "due responsibility to consumers and society" and was not designed to create fear or offence.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Jamil later defended her post, pointing to the “young girls” who are watching the situation unfold, adding, “We don’t have to pretend we are blind because it’s a pop star.”
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez defended his policies against criticism from European and U.S. leaders after a migration crisis in Ceuta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
He was explicit that Fuentes’ views on race and women are indefensible, and that what Fuentes has said about the Holocaust and Nazism cannot be defended.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
A great wall which the gods built out of Ymir’s eyebrows defended the place where mankind was to live.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
