defend
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“NATO has enough air defense munitions, including Patriot missiles, to defend ourselves,” said Col.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Norris said before the British Grand Prix in July that he had been frustrated at not being able to defend his title.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The daughter of a nuclear submarine captain in Ledyard, Conn., she and her sister were expected to defend their positions at the dinner table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Brittin also spoke about the BBC's need to "defend its integrity" as it challenges Donald Trump's defamation case.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“And you came down here to defend me with a piece of wood.”
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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With less than two years until she defends her Olympic crown in Los Angeles however, new rivals are looking ever more threatening.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
With how fast the tactical landscape changes in the Premier League, Carrick will have to be nimble in how his side defends against such solutions.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Represented pro bono by the Deborah Project, which defends Jews who are under assault in education, they could afford to keep fighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
He explains his interpretive method and defends it against a hostile biographer—and his high-school English teacher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“You probably don’t know this, but it’s not just granny folklore. One published study shows that the soup inhibits the movement of neutrophils, the most common type of white blood cell that defends against infection.”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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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
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
Hochman at first defended the charges, pointing out that as a sworn officer, Flores had an even higher duty to adhere to the letter and spirit of the law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Sheriff Kyle Bourgault said ending the agreement would put public safety at risk and defended the independence of the sheriff’s office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
It was well defended when I wore my armor.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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District Judge Lewis Liman awarded Lively $363,000 in attorneys’ fees and another $44,000 in court costs for defending against Baldoni’s defamation claim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Druckenmiller’s conclusion is that “governments defending prices against fundamentals always lose.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Some of these claims are really tangential at best,” said Ian Faria, a construction defect defense attorney in Texas who is currently defending against about 20 mold lawsuits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Rather than hammering home his advantage, defending champion Romero went back into his shell and Lopez kept him well at bay with his jab to take the 23rd victory of his career.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
In our bedroom, we have been defending ourselves to each other.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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