Example Sentences

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"We will do our best – I am aware of what I represent and of what I am defending."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

"The programme I am defending is serious," she said, promising to "give the French back their money" by lowering taxes and hiking social spending.

From Reuters • Apr. 7, 2022

“But I’m going to fight for changes and outcomes with the fierceness of a parent defending their child. Because I am defending you, and all of Rochester’s children.”

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2021

“I feel that I am defending my world when I am there,” he wrote in an email to The Post.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2020

There is one further point of difference, however, to which I wish especially to call attention, as criticism of Professor Seligman's view brings to light certain significant points in the theory I am defending.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)