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Example sentences for: defended

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In a press conference before angry reporters at a condom shop, they defended their stunt, saying it was meant to be "a moral lesson" and "the biggest public service announcement ever" on behalf of safe sex and abstinence.
Many Chicanos grew up influenced by Mexican movies, with characters like Pedro Infante, Cantinflas, Antonio Aguilar, and Jorge Negrete, as men who sang to the beautiful girls and defended the poor by fighting for justice and social equality.
Result: No rain and Feingold defended his seat.
The capital was Chelb (or Xelb), and it was bigger and better defended than Lisbon.
After a few serious minutes in which he defended himself fairly effectively against accusations of hypocrisy for leaning on the FCC on behalf of a contributor, McCain seemed transported back to his days at the naval academy, when he made it his object to acquire as many demerits as possible without actually being expelled.