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How to use the word defend in a Sentence? Page #6

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Our policy should be help the Ukrainians defend themselves, we should help arm them, we should get our energy sector producing again, and we ought to shut down the Russians, that’s what we need to do. That would be a strong response.

– Josh Hawley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What we need is a defense strategy to defend our interests and peace and stability in both Europe and Asia, china should be the priority as it’s the biggest long-term threat, but the United States is still a global power we still have interest in Europe and the Middle East, and we can walk and chew gum at the same time.

– Matthew Kroenig

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Look, this is going to get bloody, donald Trump is going to be responsible for a lot of it. I mean, he extorted this country with the anti-tank missiles they need now to defend themselves. All I know is, we haven’t given Ukraine enough missiles here to really stop what’s coming. But if we do, well, maybe this whole thing can be reversed a bit.

– Malcolm Nance

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest.

– Justin Trudeau

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I'm representing the handful of people who are either in custody right now or been released from custody, and then we are going to be representing them in court, they’ve been pursued by the government and accused of crimes or a quasi-criminal offenses. And my job is to now come in here and defend them of those charges. And then there's sort of the second category of the people who might not have been charged with anything but were mistreated by the police in a way that was contrary to the code of conduct.

– David Anber

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I appeal to all the men in the republic who can hold weapons to defend their families, their children, wives, mothers, together we will achieve the coveted victory that we all need.

– Denis Pushilin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The violence and lawlessness at the border caused by transnational cartels and gangs satisfies the definition of an ‘invasion’ under the U.S. Constitution, and Arizona therefore has the power to defend itself from this invasion under the governor’s authority as commander in chief, an actual invasion permits the state to engage in defensive actions within its own territory at or near its border.

– Mark Brnovich

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Texas’ Soros-funded leftist DA Jose Garza is attacking Austin Police for protecting us against the 2020 BLM riots, we should defend those who protect us – instead of those who commit crimes.

– Ken Paxton

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Russian Federation is ready to provide organized reception and accommodation on The Russian Federation territory of residents of the Luhansk People Republic, once again, I appeal to all men who are able to hold weapons in their hands, to defend their land.

– Leonid Pasechnik

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think you saw Sean on stage today, he’s ready to go defend our title.

– Rams COO Kevin Demoff

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I’m proud to endorse Eric Schmitt for U.S. Senate in Missouri. Eric is a fighter who will hold China accountable, defend religious freedom, take on Big Tech, and he will protect American jobs.

– Ted Cruz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Rejecting a partisan political organization’s brazen attempt to defend partisan maps drawn by politicians is the ultimate no-brainer.

– Doug Mayer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The most important right that's given us by the Constitution is the Second Amendment because we have a right to defend ourselves, and that's the bottom line, when a government becomes too intrusive to the point that we can't make a living, what do you leave us ? My voice only goes so far. At some point, we might have to fight. Do I want that ? Absolutely not. That's why we're using political mechanisms, peaceful mechanisms so that we don't have to get there.

– Carlos Zapata

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If Russia moves forward, we will defend NATO territory, we will impose costs on Russia, and we will ensure that we emerge from this as the West stronger, more determined, more purposeful than we have been in 30 years, and that Russia ultimately suffers a significant strategic cost for military action.

– United States

Found on CNN
2 years ago

So, for example, this 1619 Project that the New York Times parrots, they say that the American Revolution was fought both to defend slavery, but if you look, there's literally nothing in the historical record.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

All gun control in America is racist, many people on the left don’t want Black people to have the right to defend their lives from Democratic tyranny.

– Maj Toure

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Mark my words : Our union will defend any member who gets in trouble for teaching honest history, teaching the truth is not radical or wrong.

– Randi Weingarten

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Today I have agreed with the Secretary General a package of support to strengthen further our collective security, sending troops, planes and ships to defend NATO from north to south.

– Boris Johnson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The best thing we can do is honor his legacy and continue his mission to do great journalism, great enterprise, cover breaking news as best we can, defend democracy, honor truth and facts, do what we do.

– Jake Tapper

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think it's a bad precedent, we are becoming lawyers. We have to defend both sides. We have to learn how to listen to other points of view. How are we ever going to progress and learn and grow as a nation if we just block out one side? One way or another, conservative or liberal.

– Rafael Nuñez

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

NATO's great strength derives from allied solidarity, united States leadership is essential for alliance success, but the U.S. does not defend NATO, the U.S. is one of 30 nations.

– Michael Ryan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

[ Automakers ] need to think about self-defending cars before self-driving cars, if a car can't defend itself from an attack, do you trust it to be self-driving ?

– Srinivas Kumar

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is not a sum total of the deterrence actions we will take or those to reassure our allies, we stand united. We have said that repeatedly. We say it again today. These movements are unmistakable signals to the world that we stand ready to reassure our NATO allies and deter and defend against any aggression.

– John Kirby

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He clearly is providing himself many options, lots more capabilities for exactly what purpose? We don't know right now. And because we don't know exactly what his purpose is, we want to make sure we're ready on the NATO front to defend our allies.

– John Kirby

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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