defense
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And maybe it was the focus-sapping heat, but USC’s defense wasn’t as stifling, not as suffocating it should have been against an opponent as hopelessly overmatched as San José State.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Recognizing that traditional export controls were impeding integration among the three allies, Washington has created broad licensing exemptions for defense trade among authorized participants in the three countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Donald joins a defense remade after the Rams’ loss to the eventual Super Bowl-champion Seattle Seahawks in last season’s NFC championship game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The country of 400,000 people doesn’t have a military of its own and depends on its membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a defense pact with the U.S. for security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
My sister holds up her hands in defense, and I slump in my seat.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
“Red-zone defense and how that equates. If you look at the top teams in the country over the last several years, typically the top red-zone defenses equal out with that; like, it’s the same teams.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The cute but destructive rodents are criminal masterminds, easily circumventing humans’ meager defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Yale researchers have previously shown that people who followed moderate calorie restriction, cutting calorie intake by 14% for two years, developed stronger immune defenses without experiencing problems related to growth or reproduction.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
“More reps for us to be able to see different defenses and different coverage. It was great for the offensive line, the receivers and everyone else as well.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Another new invention, as simple as it may seem, became essential to the defenses of both sides.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
This is his sixth season, all with the Chargers, and for his career has five interceptions and 21 passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Gilman started all five games for the Chargers this season with 22 tackles and three passes defensed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Kendricks had 117 tackles, seven tackles for loss, 3 1/2 sacks and six passes defensed last season for the Chargers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
The two rookies played well enough to keep the Rams out of the end zone all day, as Johnson got his first career interception and Valentine had three passes defensed.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
Then I may think myself to be Well recompensed, For wearing of the tree that is So well defensed Against all weather that doth fall When wayward winter spits his gall.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury
It's also impossible not to look at the fact we could of and should have done a better job of defensing it.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2011
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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