defend
Example Sentences
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“Communication, coordination, and defending the people of Mexico ... are constants.”
From Los Angeles Times
At a press conference, Fulton County Commission Chair Robb Pitts said that the ballots had been “safe” in the county’s custody and defended its handling of the election as fair and accurate.
From Salon
Baum, the outside attorney defending the county, told Riff he wanted to ensure the clients didn’t “have their hands in two cookie jars.”
From Los Angeles Times
With elephant incursions into Zambia growing, farmer Augustine Kumanga organized fellow residents to defend their land.
Ahead of sentencing, Amnesty International had called on Pakistan to end "coercive tactics used to silence dissent and intimidate those who defend human rights".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
