defended
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"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
The chairman of the body in charge of refurbishing Parliament defended the potential costs earlier this year, telling the BBC: "We're already spending £150m a year trying to keep the thing standing."
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Nowhere is this more apparent than in his letters to Zola, who defended Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish-French army officer falsely accused of selling military secrets to the Germans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Speaking to AFP, YK Enerji defended the project by pointing to Turkey's energy security needs.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Ike defended the U-2 flights as necessary when dealing with a secretive and unpredictable adversary.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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