undefended

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As the home team sprung forward from midfield, Gouri found Mason Greenwood racing through an undefended inside-right channel.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Nicias, the peacemaker of 421 B.C., first opposes raiding Sicily because it would leave Athens undefended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

In 1941, Wales became a major battleground, not only because of the industrial targets along the Bristol Channel, but because of the undefended route it offered to the north-west of England.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2022

As the martian interior cooled, leading theories hold, its magnetic field died out, leaving the atmosphere undefended and ending this warm and wet period, when the planet might have hosted life.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 19, 2022

He moved through the enemy lines, and even though he seemed to be leaving Frank undefended, the enemy was completely focused on Percy.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan