as in protects
to drive danger or attack away from
learned to use humor to fend herself from criticism
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The roof’s steep metal surface not only protects the home from cold winds, but creates enough height for an additional sleeping loft.
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Colorado currently protects the right of transgender student-athletes to compete on school and collegiate sports teams that align with their gender identity.
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Based on Harper Lee's seminal novel, the movie casts Gregory Peck as lawyer Atticus Finch, who in Depression-era Alabama defends a Black man wrongly accused of raping a young white woman.
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The administration defends its actions, including massive layoffs at government health agencies, as necessary to eliminate wasteful spending.
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The ruling retained the Fed’s special status in the government that shields it from interference by the White House—now or in the future.
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That case concerns a longstanding Supreme Court precedent that broadly shields members of such boards from being fired at will, in order to protect them from partisan interference.
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“Fends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fends. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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