defensive
Example Sentences
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As capital rotates into defensive havens, even small inflows can have an outsized impact on stock prices.
From Barron's
But the reason to like select retailers going forward isn’t how well likely overbought defensive stocks have done.
From Barron's
A scandal at the Winter Olympics has left the Canadian curling teams on the defensive and Canadians reeling over the crack in their country's polite persona.
From BBC
Rwanda denies supporting M23 and says its troops are in eastern Congo for “defensive measures” against a rebel group formed by Hutu extremists who orchestrated the 1994 genocide in Rwanda before fleeing to Congo.
Concerns about lackluster effort in past All-Star contests were eased in the new format, which produced hustle, defensive effort plus competitive spark and a high-energy hunger to win.
From Barron's
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