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“The defensive line did a great job putting pressure on him,” Wilson-Turner added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Jaion Smith comes through with the defensive play with six seconds left on third down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

One lists his apparent strengths, saying he is an outstanding defensive coach with a “relentlessness and desire to prove himself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

A sharp selloff in shares of companies closely tied to the AI trade is driving investors toward safety, sparking a rotation into defensive stocks and fueling a surprise rally in hard-hit Treasury notes and bonds.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Travis curled his back inward, a defensive movement of the young.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

In general, do you have statistics on outcomes for forward defensives, cuts, drives, hooks, pulls, etc?

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Instead, they say the best way to think about the market is just to group all sectors into three buckets — cyclicals, defensives and growth.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Nor can they comfort themselves with the fact that defensives have been out of favor, as the healthcare and utilities sectors have rallied too.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

Aaron Donald and Ernest Jones IV are gone, so Rams had big defensives plan when they drafted Florida State front disrupters Jared Verse and Braden Fiske.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024

Few realize how important a role sound plays in what might be called the defensives of our every-day life.

From The Sign at Six by Stewart Edward White