defended
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“The approach to homelessness that Mayor Bass has led and defended has brought us here,” Raman said after LAHSA’s report was released.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Yet some readers defended the company, saying they’d had mostly positive experiences with the ticketing platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Similarly, Korte, who has reported extensively on the war with Iran, defended the newspaper’s role following her dismissal.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Pezeshkian also defended a memorandum of understanding agreed with the US in June aimed at ending the war, claiming it did not signal a defeat for Tehran.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
His entire conversation with Jen had been like that—she mocked, he defended, but she always got her way.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
