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
The Pentagon fired “Stars and Stripes” editor-in-chief Erik Slavin and Middle East reporter Lara Korte on Friday, citing insubordination after the journalists publicly defended the newspaper’s editorial independence.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Mamdani has defended the tax as a fair way to generate $500m in annual revenue in a city with vast socioeconomic inequality.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He had not laughed at Emenike as Kayode and the other boys did, but he had not defended Emenike either.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
