defenses

Example Sentences

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On Thursday, Jordan said its air defenses had intercepted eight Iranian missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

He intends to use them against defenses that use odd-number fronts this fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2026

Broader and tougher trade defenses discussed at a June summit meeting in Brussels will likely take a year or more to materialize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

In humans and other vertebrates, one of the body's key antiviral defenses depends on a protein called MAVS.

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

Piper felt his defenses going up, like he was curling into a psychological ball, the way he’d gone into a death trance in that bronze jar.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan