Example Sentences

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Jack Reed won in St Thomas, a seat which the council's deputy leader Laura Wright was defending but ended up being pushed into fourth place behind Lib Dem and Reform candidates.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

"He was defending me, all of southern Lebanon, and all of Lebanon."

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The center-left Labour Party of Prime Minister Keir Starmer was defending a seat in the northwest of England that the party had held in various forms for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

He didn’t say he was defending billionaires against Main Street.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

“I wasn’t. I guess in a way, I was defending myself. You see, I know why he wouldn’t make that kind of will. I asked him, and he told me.”

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler