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Result: It didn't rain, and Murray fended off challenger Linda Smith.
On Face the Nation , Chairman Fred Thompson fended off Bob Schieffer's suggestion that the president might be guilty of obstructing justice.
In some cases, with the auto industry being the best example, commoditization has been fended off by the enormous capital investment required to enter the business.