Defended

The US used a definition of 'defended' that was VERY broad and actually included otherwise 'undefended' cities, so long as they were within range of Japanese airbases, meaning they were 'defended' by Japanese Air Defense units.

Already in two months, PCO I’ve defended against, Mark Haskins I’ve defended against.

Neither faith can be defended rationally, and each therefore is defended by propaganda and, if necessary, by war.

A day after the gazette was published, Godongwana defended the exemption and said it aimed to avoid the risk of a “possible negative outlook on Eskom’s corporate rating and credit assessment with the credit rating agencies”.

A day later, Arakhamia said there would be no personnel changes this week, appearing to row back after Zelensky kept silent on Reznikov's future and other politicians publicly defended the minister's record.

After the phrase first emerged from 4chan, a site on which trolling is celebrated, Tucker Carlson defended it, characteristically suggesting that the racial division was being fomented by those who understood the troll as a troll.

Ajit Pawar defended his decision to share power with the BJP.

A judge had signed the search warrant about an hour before the raids, an action the chief later defended in an email, arguing that journalists are subject to search if they are suspected of committing a crime.

Alcaraz also defended her track record in City Hall.

Alice defended well and both Leah and Lily Ella took their turn in goal.

Aliyev again defended Azerbaijani government-backed protesters blocking the Lachin corridor to Karabakh on ostensibly environmental grounds.

A Maui official defended not activating sirens during last week's deadly wildfires, as the county's emergency response has come under scrutiny over what more could have been done to possibly save lives.

Angels defended himself and said he left where he was because he was tired of being bossed around and that’s all that Deaner did.

A senior surgeon has defended the consultant at the centre of the spinal surgery crisis at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, saying he was performing a “huge volume” of highly complex procedures with inadequate resources.

As Francis appeared to be considering whether to lift the restriction on in remote areas, Benedict firmly defended the church’s teachings on in a 2020 book.

As home secretary, she defended the way police enforced lockdown measures, despite criticism of their approach.

Asked when he was planning to sack Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil, Prime Minister defended his government's response.

At least one Moms for Liberty leader halfway defended Bridget by arguing that the Zieglers’ romp was conducted in the privacy of the bedroom.

At the movie’s 2023 Venice International Film Festival in September, Priscilla Presley defended her relationship with her former husband.

Australia captain Pat Cummins has defended Usman Khawaja’s protest over the war in Gaza and said the Australian opener can “hold his head high” over his actions which were “not offensive”.