defend

Example Sentences

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"Many teams lose to PSG just defending but we were in the game the whole way -- it does give us the belief that we can go again."

From Barron's

Instead, Mr. Mahan thinks the state should focus “on waste, fraud and abuse. I don’t get politicians who defend the status quo and pretend that government couldn’t possibly be more efficient, more effective, more technology-enabled.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But in this reversal of fortune, he is the largest opponent, taking it upon himself to defend a dinky innocent from a herd of hunters dwarfed by his size but much larger than the cricket.

From Salon

Iwan explained that defending Welsh identity has "nothing to do with stopping immigrants or asylum seekers".

From BBC

"Sometimes you have to acknowledge the player against you while also acknowledging we could have defended better," he said.

From BBC