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“The West isn’t used to this approach and doesn’t have mechanisms to defend against it,” says Nicholas Eftimiades, a former Defense Intelligence Agency official who has written several books on Chinese espionage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Bank Indonesia has room to defend the currency through foreign-exchange intervention and other liquidity measures without raising its main policy rate, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

He denied the accusations, but did not appear in court to defend himself.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Hegseth told reporters that he was ready to defend his record.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Ralph, .who was unable to defend himself when his jaws were stuck with peanut butter, felt Ryan was most unjust.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

Justice Alito defends the chief from that criticism by reflecting on the ways in which both judging and umpiring require experience, study and perspicacity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The most recent tally from NGO Foro Penal, which defends political prisoners, said there were 344 such prisoners in the country as of September 18.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Housing costs are climbing, but James T. Butts Jr. defends the growth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning book tells the story of lawyer Atticus Finch as he defends Tom Robinson, a black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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

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

“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

He has also defended his decision to wear an army uniform at a recent event in Cúcuta at which he confronted a detainee suspected of being a Farc rebel.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

After allegations emerged about Huang's ties to Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang, Trump this week defended the Nvidia boss and said he had no idea Alice Huang was allegedly spying for Beijing.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

In 1980 in Montreal I was handed a pamphlet which rejected Newton’s account of gravity and defended a modified Cartesian account.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

No fewer than 15 parties hold seats in the Dutch parliament, from those defending the interests of people over 50 years old, to a farmers' party.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

While die-hard laetrile supporters were unfazed, the public grew more and more uncomfortable defending it.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

“I wonder if it’s worth it to try defending ourselves against this kind of weapon,” said retired French Lt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Cooper, affectionately known as 'Our 'Enry', was 36 and defending his British, European and Commonwealth heavyweight titles against a man 15 years his junior.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

“It’s a new city,” Paris said, defending her.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti