They defended weak people.

They protected each other.

'How did you defend me?'

The Zone9 Bloggers defended human rights.

The surrounding hills protected the town.

They defended their country against the invaders.

They defended their homeland against the invaders.

At the dawn of the humanity, dogs protected people from wild animals.

Some defended the show by explaining the difference between humor and maliciousness

Amnesty laws in Argentina at the time shielded him from prosecution.

Worker bees weren t helping just any old bunch of bees they were protecting their hive.

The Pakistani lawyers were safeguarding their livelihoods as much as their principles.

I mean, you're elected as Prime Minister with a brief to bat for Britain.

Others defended the advert, with one woman admitting that she found the song hilarious.

More security personnel than protesters turned up to protect the parliament building.

These groups protected the growth in consumption to which they had become accustomed by going more deeply into debt.

In the mid 1990 s, the Dutch volunteered to protect Srebrenica from General Ratko Mladic s Serbian forces.

At the time, Gorbachev s policies of perestroika and glasnost were seen by Soviet hardliners as a sell out of communist Russia to the capitalist West.

Borrowing and lending institutions will need to change, so that they better cushion people against the risk of personal bankruptcy.

But it is now clear that the KGB and the military who launched the coup were not defending the idea of communism.

I just want a Turkey that protects and loves green spaces.

In Vietnam, the United States was not invading a country, but defending a corrupt authoritarian ally against an aggressive Communist regime.

The fact that Bush only referred to a British statement is the basis for Rice and Rumsfeld's defense of it.

The Allies defended those to whom they were bound by treaty, and then the integrity of their own countries.

In exchange for political solidarity, the US protected them and gave them the role of junior associates in running the world.

(c) To establish a fully staffed and funded judiciary which effectively protects the rights of all citizens

If we are to make reforms sustainable and ensure that they truly protect human rights, we need effective institutions of government.

People on the left would defend brutal dictators (Castro, Mao, Pol Pot, Khomeini, et al.) simply because they opposed Western imperialism.

Leaders of these groups often defended terrorism by insisting that violence was the only means of bringing hope to demoralized people.

These anti LGBT groups said they were protecting family, isn't such a claim hypocritical in Jesus's view?

They recognized then that under future Chinese rule, only genuine democracy might safeguard the institutions that protected Hong Kong s freedoms.

This constitutes a powerful disincentive for Chad and Cameroon to act against company malfeasance or to defend individuals adversely affected by the project.

For a long time, Israeli leaders have lobbied supporters like me, who, since the Holocaust, have defended the Jewish people s right to security and statehood.

We, the authors of this article, as well as the organization we represent, the Socialist International, have always defended Israel s right to exist and defend itself.

It would also require countries to protect nuclear facilities against acts of sabotage, which could have consequences similar to those of nuclear accidents.

The military and government are becoming completely discredited because instead of pursuing criminals they have attacked people who are defending others.

Government can promote the democratization of such institutions so that they protect people from the very risks that they are worrying most about.

Back then, there were a lot of bloggers who defended the platform, pointing out its unique features. Now, bloggers are considering the escape hatch.

People at the time appreciated that they were standing up to Israel in Lebanon and Gaza, and pushing back against aggressive American policies in the region.

The Papua Police Chief Inspector General Yotje Mende told reporters that his officers were only securing their station because it was under attack.

So now my wish is I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we'll turn the world inside out.

When cheap paper and printing presses the first true mass communication technology challenged this system, the Catholic Church and the monarchs defended the parchment based monopoly.

A group of rebel friends, who have collective memories which protected them during the sad moments of breakdown, and who adapted to the pain they experienced with sarcasm about everything, including themselves.

If we were dogs in those faraway lands we would be sitting by the fire now, eating and getting pampered, even being protected.

Whereas many oil market participants have blamed speculation, most economists defend how oil markets have performed and point to economic fundamentals.