defenses

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Over the pressure test of a seven-game series, defenses can study Harden’s go-to moves and devise counters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Zone Zero is just one layer in a home’s fire defenses.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

A molecule that helps control gene activity has now been tied to both the growth of skin cancer and its ability to avoid the body's immune defenses, according to new research.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

And they were unaware, or unconcerned, that that chemical was wreaking havoc on the soil, weakening the trees’ defenses, leaving them extremely vulnerable to disease.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Confident that his wife was safe, President Madison had set off for Bladensburg to see the American defenses for himself and to raise morale among the troops.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis