defensive
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“The defensive line did a great job putting pressure on him,” Wilson-Turner added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Ziaire Williams set the tone of the Lakers’ new defensive style, pressuring the ball the full length of the court and injecting energy into his teammates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
A continued selloff in the AI trade is forcing investors to move from tech names to the relative safety of government bonds and defensive stock sectors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
A sharp selloff in shares of companies closely tied to the AI trade is driving investors toward safety, sparking a rotation into defensive stocks and fueling a surprise rally in hard-hit Treasury notes and bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
An ironic sign in a war zone at a US defensive position seven miles northeast of Saigon, 1969.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
“Clearly the ‘run it hot’ policy posture is done; not yet time for defensives but quality, value, and yield look prudent,” said the BofA strategists.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
In general, do you have statistics on outcomes for forward defensives, cuts, drives, hooks, pulls, etc?
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Best suited for contrarian, long-horizon capital seeking to own balance-sheet strength and earnings quality ahead of a future rotation toward defensives and value.
From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025
Aaron Donald and Ernest Jones IV are gone, so Rams had big defensives plan when they drafted Florida State front disrupters Jared Verse and Braden Fiske.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024
Few realize how important a role sound plays in what might be called the defensives of our every-day life.
From The Sign at Six by Stewart Edward White
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