C. or that there were only three continents—and then would defend it to the death.

NEWYORKER: The Pura Principle

This lessens the idea there should be so much good will extended to those who fought to the death to defend this system.

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Representative ZACH WAMP (Republican, Tennessee): You know, I will defend until my death the ability of the Congress to direct the funding or to earmark projects.

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The coroner has said autopsy results could be used to defend lawsuits filed by death-row inmates who allege mistreatment or abuse.

CNN: Timothy McVeigh

"Rizana was just a child herself at the time of the baby's death, and she had no lawyer to defend her and no competent interpreter to translate her account, " said Nisha Varia, senior women's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch.

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As the death toll mounted, protests have spread, and some have taken up arms to defend themselves and attack government forces.

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