self-defense
Example Sentences
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It’s hard to say, though within hours then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed the ICE agent fired in self-defense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The ex-officer also made a different self-defense claim on the night of the shooting, according to grand jury testimony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Plus, the House of Mouse was already changing up its rhetorical tack to mount a fulsome self-defense on free speech and free press grounds.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Takuo Kobayashi, of Japan’s maritime self-defense force, is one of several U.S. allies taking senior leadership roles commanding Rimpac’s thousands of multinational exercises—including one involving the sinking of a pair of decommissioned American warships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
It started as a self-defense practice used by the wise men and women who lived on the neighboring mountaintops.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
