fend
Example Sentences
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The e-commerce firm is also rolling out 3-hour delivery for a fee as it fends off a growing threat from Walmart.
Manufacturers are prohibited from making claims about treating or preventing disease, but influencers have sold the idea that buying the right products can fend off or cure almost any ailment.
Weakly, the cub wagged his tail to fend off an attack.
From Literature
The U.S. and Gulf states, which fended off infrequent drones and missiles from Iran and Yemen’s Houthis for years, are now learning fast.
By 1908, Wilhelm’s attitude toward the U.S. was more benevolent, and he offered President Theodore Roosevelt an elite corps of Prussian soldiers to be posted in California, supposedly to fend off a Japanese invasion.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
