defended
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The president defended light regulation and stressed the need to keep the lead as tech executives are raising alarms about breakneck development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
She produced another break of Sabalenka’s serve in the third game of the set and defended her advantage with clinical precision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The Tigers have defended brilliantly so far, but they are not going to keep out Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers and Joao Pedro.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Ahead of his arrival in Lima, the Chinese embassy rejected suggestions that the region was anyone's "backyard" and defended Beijing's cooperation with Latin American countries.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Okay! Fine. But I thought you were yelling at him,” she defended herself.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
