defense
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North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile on Thursday into the waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula, according to South Korea’s defense ministry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
A former electrical engineer who moved from his native Kentucky to take a defense job, Montgomery founded the company in 2023 with an eye toward getting pesticide sprays out of suburban yards.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently warned the White House of fewer air defense interceptors, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
“And get to defense positions! We got a Grootslang on our hands!”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Another drone scare overnight Tuesday illustrates that Europe’s military sites and critical infrastructure need better air defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
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
At times it has dropped controls on its side of the border, allowing people to surge forward and overwhelm border defenses in Ceuta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
They surrounded the defenses and hemmed my friends in.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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
Devon Witherspoon again made plays all over the place, including the early sack and a pass defensed, and eight tackles overall.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
He still finished with a season-high eight tackles, one for a loss, and the helmet-assisted pass defensed.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
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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