defend
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Located in the chest, the thymus helps train T cells, a type of immune cell that helps defend the body against infections and disease.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Servite won the first heat in the boys 4x100 relay in 40.29 — two hundredths off its winning time at last year’s state finals — and is primed to defend its title in the event.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
Rate hikes are a matter of when, not if, said Vishnu Varathan, managing director at Mizuho Securities, who doesn’t rule out the possibility of a rate hike in June to defend the rupee.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
European Union commissioners will hold a debate on what the 27-nation bloc should do to defend the continent's companies from what Brussels describes as unfair competition from Chinese rivals.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
And all over the country, teens and young adults who had grown up believing they would come of age in wartime rushed to military posts and recruitment offices to volunteer to defend their Motherland.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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