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defend

[dih-fend] / dɪˈfɛnd /




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You’ll have spent a few years building cash, a brokerage account and a financial plan you can defend.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Liquidity from a swap could help defend the peg to the dollar.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Wickline certainly doesn’t need me to defend her.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

On Wednesday Emirati presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said the UAE remained committed to political solutions and diplomacy but said his country had a right to defend itself.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

In February 1943 they were assigned to defend and protect railroad junctions and bridges near a city called Voronezh.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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