defend
Example Sentences
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Firms who may have a solid case to defend themselves find it harder to do so because delays mean people leave their company and, on occasion, a key witness may have even died.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
He does not need me to defend his honor or his single status, but while I may as well play devil’s advocate.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
“No young person wants to be there, they’re all forced. They’re told that they’re there to protect and defend the president,” Guerra said of the young soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
“He wanted to defend the innocent so he decided to become a security guard,” a family friend, Shaykh Uthman Ibn Farooq, told the Associated Press.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
They would defend Verdun at all costs, Falkenhayn reasoned, and would fight to regain the city if it was lost.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing defend
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Veterans Day Vocabulary
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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