defended
Example Sentences
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U.S. military officials said American forces later defended against missiles launched at Jordan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
An NBC News spokesperson, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, defended Welker on Sunday, telling AFP that "Kristen is one of the best in the business and we stand by her."
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Dan Kirkland, the manager of Spot On, also defended Ashmore's work.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
You may not get everything you want, but we should all agree that the civil rights and liberties the founding fathers sought to enshrine in our Constitution must be defended.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
No competent astronomer defended the traditional Ptolemaic system once they had heard that Venus had a full set of phases; you had to be an ill-informed philosopher to do so.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
