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
Khawaja also defended not revealing his version of the sandpaper saga at the time, or following the bowlers' statement in 2021, and instead waiting for his autobiography.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
This was a direct hit at Mother’s modern child-rearing methods, which she's defended on many occasions.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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