defended

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US President Donald Trump, who signed the deal in France during the G7 summit, defended the proposal, saying it would it would stave off an "economic catastrophe".

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday defended the deal to end the Iran war, saying he would likely head to Switzerland for talks to turn it into a long-term agreement.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Management defended the move, saying that operational technology is critical for the artificial-intelligence era in order to secure physical assets that will become more infused with AI.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

Meanwhile, President Trump is losing the hawks who once defended the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

In 1980 in Montreal I was handed a pamphlet which rejected Newton’s account of gravity and defended a modified Cartesian account.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton