self-defense
Example Sentences
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Reynano López 46, an avocado farmer, starts his morning shift with the self-defense militia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The island opens up about American role in training troops for self-defense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
In the three-page letter published Sunday evening, Arnault responded to a series of points raised in Le Monde’s articles with a mix of sarcasm, self-defense and score-settling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
And Judge Krause wrote that “circulation data reveals only how many units” of a weapon that companies have “pumped into the marketplace,” not how many people have used that weapon for self-defense.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
For most of the war the Po-2s of the 46th Guards weren’t even equipped with self-defense machine guns.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
