defend
Example Sentences
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On the Fed, though, he was generally balanced, defending Powell for raising rates in 2022.
Wolves did really well to hold out for so long at Arsenal recently, and that kind of backs-against-the-wall defending seems to suit them.
From BBC
The Justice Department released an unusual statement unequivocally defending the president.
From Los Angeles Times
In an internal memo obtained by the New York Times, Alfonsi defended her segment and called Weiss’s decision to scrap it “corporate censorship.”
From Salon
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned a bachelor of science and a medical degree, Levis became fascinated with T cells, the white blood cells that help defend the body from infections.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
