Example Sentences

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In District 13, which includes Hollywood and East Hollywood as well as parts of Silver Lake, Echo Park and Westlake, Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez is defending his seat against three challengers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

Microsoft’s Cowork offering is a sign that the company is defending its turf and pushing to capture more AI workloads within its established user base.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

Baldoni strongly denies the claims and is defending the lawsuit.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Instead of chasing volume with promotions, Constellation is defending margins.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

Investigating Nature is one thing and so is defending yourself against it, within limits, but fooling with it is quite another.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood