fend
Example Sentences
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"We've been left fending for ourselves. It's completely unfair. It's disgusting."
From BBC
Software companies must keep raising the bar to make their products worthwhile investments for clients while fending off rivals.
From Barron's
The Coalition on Prediction Markets aims to fend off those state efforts, maintaining federal regulation of prediction markets’ event contracts, which are overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
From Barron's
Musk has said Chinese regulators will fully approve the software next year, which could help it fend off local Chinese rivals.
From MarketWatch
Squared up by one angled across him, Root fends towards first slip, with the ball dropping in front of fielder Marnus Labuschagne.
From BBC
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