defended
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Lango noted that “to be fair,” interim Nvidia CEO Colette Kress “publicly defended the deals as smart investments” in her role as company CFO.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez defended their countries' right to develop their oil industries in their COP31 speeches.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
“I defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed,” Heard wrote on Instagram after the settlement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The New York Knicks has defended superstar Taylor Swift, after players named her as the fakest celebrity fan.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Nature has defended itself from an unruly zero.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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