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Example sentences for: defend

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And the way to do that was to make that primary surplus even larger and defend the value of the currency at all costs--which meant keeping interest rates high.
The president's lawyer concluded, "We are not here to defend William Clinton, the man."
For-profit hospitals defend themselves fiercely.
But this pseudogenerosity is also a kind of cowardice: A critic may be censured for slamming a worthy movie; she may have to defend her judgment.
I am not on any corporate boards; do not get paid to defend capitalism; and have not, to my knowledge, ever received money from the Chinese government (although I was a bit surprised by the generosity of those Buddhist monks).