Nearly $4 million was spent defending the 18 people arrested in the Urewera terrorist raids.

Mr. Bush has called for big tax cuts, but he has spent almost as much time strongly defending two Democratic programs, Social Security and Medicare.

Elieth's last moments were spent defending against that enemy.

It's a wonderful conceit, and much of the rest of the novel is spent defending it.

Much energy is spent defending a territory from intruders, particularly other magpies, and different behaviours are seen with different opponents.

Mr. Imperatore cited the $4 million he said the company has spent defending itself as a factor that contributed to its financial troubles.

The rest of the day was spent defending the landing beaches from air attack.

The last four years of her career were spent defending her title, which she continued to match on several occasions.

Their reserves were spent defending Prokhorovka, there was nothing left of them.

The specificity of the Red Book came back to haunt the Liberals, however, and much of the next few years were spent defending broken promises.