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Example sentences for: fend

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In Paris, Le Monde said that if Clinton tried "to fend off the questioning with dodges similar to the one about fellatio and penetration, he will founder in ridicule.
The NYT seems to think that Warner-Lambert will attempt to fend off Pfizer in the courts, but the Journal notes that Warner-Lambert's anti-takeover defenses are weak: Shareholders, through a spontaneous mail-in election, can dismiss the entire board at any time.
Another version of this argument accuses him of a crime of omission: While Plath suffered from mental sickness and cried out for help, Hughes cruelly left her to fend for herself.
Then you must lower the media's expectations, rebut charges of pandering and profligacy, and fend off attacks on your character.
Meanwhile, Florida continues to fend off legal challenges to its right to electrocute, behaving as if death itself weren't punishment enough.