defense
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Tehran is expanding its targets and making the jump to attacks that inflict real-world harm, according to cyber officials and defense experts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Pete Hegseth on Thursday awarded a medal to a US soldier who reprimanded the defense chief and his entourage for laughing and talking near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier the day before.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
They’re “the only defense lawyers in town who didn’t roll over for the cops,” which you might imagine would make them very popular, but you would be wrong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
It is a story about our national security, and it carries implications in all aspects of U.S. defense and cybersecurity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Supporters of Garfield's doctors rushed to their defense, saying that the negative comments were not based on direct observation of the patient or of the autopsy.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
But America’s defenses aren’t organized for this threat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
That means some of the incoming chairs of oversight committees have already been preparing for how to counteract the defenses that were thrown up last time.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026
Manipulating defenses and defending like he’s taken some slander personally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
At 7-1, the Lobos boast one of the nation’s best defenses, holding teams to 258 yards per game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
His screaming was totally a performance to please them; he had been practicing his defenses for a month now, and he was more than ready.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Over his career, he has 253 tackles and 17 passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
This is his sixth season, all with the Chargers, and for his career has five interceptions and 21 passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
His six passes defensed are two off his career high with a half-dozen games remaining.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
The two rookies played well enough to keep the Rams out of the end zone all day, as Johnson got his first career interception and Valentine had three passes defensed.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
Then I may think myself to be Well recompensed, For wearing of the tree that is So well defensed Against all weather that doth fall When wayward winter spits his gall.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury
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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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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