defense
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His current defense team has requested a mental health evaluation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The move comes as Washington races to secure the raw materials that are crucial for defense and other industries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Augenbraun acknowledges that all this preparation can take away some of the pleasure of being outdoors and that, ultimately, awareness may simply be the best defense we have at our disposal.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
The company has a diversified revenue mix but relatively less exposure than other companies to attractive aerospace and defense subsectors such as large commercial engines or missiles, Stallard added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
When the public read about the incident, many shared the same regret and donated money to a fund for his defense.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Lillie, who had spent the bulk of her career working on the issue, was hired by JPMorgan in 2021 to help strengthen the bank’s defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Over time, the human body became remarkably good at guarding its energy reserves through complex biological defenses wired into the brain.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Schmidt, an entomologist who specialized in insect defenses, created the sting-pain index which ranks stings from a harmless 0 to an excruciating 4.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Many of the archaic DNA segments were concentrated in genomic regions connected with immune defenses and metabolism, Moorjani said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Instead, his troops advanced with painful difficulty in snow, sleet, and mist, penetrating enemy lines by just a few miles and never reaching the deep German defenses.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Over his career, he has 253 tackles and 17 passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
Gilman started all five games for the Chargers this season with 22 tackles and three passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Kendricks had 117 tackles, seven tackles for loss, 3 1/2 sacks and six passes defensed last season for the Chargers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
In six seasons, Oliver has three interceptions, 36 passes defensed, two sacks, nine quarterback hits and two fumble recoveries.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
You know how it is said to Jeremiah, "Behold, I have made thee this day a defensed city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land."
From Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 by Ruskin, John
It's also impossible not to look at the fact we could of and should have done a better job of defensing it.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2011
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Set, Hut! Football Vocabulary
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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