defended
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O'Neill has defended her involvement, saying she was standing with the local community in opposition to an Orange Order parade through the area.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
He got the car well enough alongside to make a legitimate passing attempt, but Piastri defended his position robustly, the cars touched, and spun in unison.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Devan Meserve, a spokesperson for the Global Seafood Alliance, which runs the Best Aquaculture Practices program, defended the value of such inspection programs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
This week, he defended his role in the protests, saying he feared that police might hurt the students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It was this new sort of knowledge that Sprat had in mind when he defended the Royal Society from its critics, insisting that the starting point of the new knowledge, experimental evidence, was extremely reliable.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
