defend

Example Sentences

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However, he defended the prices by again pointing to the demand for tickets.

From BBC

Vance, who has aggressively defended the officer who killed Good, was due in Minnesota later Thursday and is expected to meet ICE officers, as well as community and business figures.

From Barron's

While details of the agreement made at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos remained scant, many Greenlanders, who fiercely defend their right to self-determination, were disappointed.

From Barron's

Transport Minister Oscar Puente vowed to negotiate to have the strike called off and said the two tragedies were unrelated, defending the public transport system.

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"We respect the President's right to sue us and our right to defend ourselves -- that's what courts are for."

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