prevent defense
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"In football parlance, we were in a prevent defense to not lose when we never had anything to lose because I don’t think we were ever ahead."
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2025
The requests were made to prevent defense counsel and/or their client from trying to “poison these proceedings” and intentionally turning the trial “into a circus.”
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2024
And it remains unclear whether renouncing the 2009 document will prevent defense lawyers in future cases from using similar victim-blaming concepts — just with alternative terminology.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 16, 2023
So, one resolution down and the other in a prevent defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2021
Pitching non-aggressively is baseball’s equivalent to football’s prevent defense.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2018
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