The soldiers all initially defended themselves by saying they had been following orders.

The mayor initially defended the police crackdown, and the two sides were set to meet in court at the end of May.

Following the leak, the company initially defended the report.

Though they initially defended their titles against them in July, on August 27.

After initially defending the documents on which the report was based, the network said it could not vouch for their authenticity.

Although the townspeople initially defend the man, the stranger succeeds in turning nearly all of them against him.

His friends initially defend Motl when the pogrom comes to their village.

Although Veronica initially defends herself saying that breastfeeding keeps weight off her like exercise can't.

Vines initially defended his comments and invited "Muslim scholars to explain their own documents to us all."

Bracken initially defended both ministers, but was forced to call for their resignations on February 22, 1929.