PA, which fended off Safran's advances over five years ago.
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Cyborg has fended off abuse ever since she joined UFC.
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Amazon has fended off unions ever since it was young.
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He fended off Ottawa defenseman Patrick Wiercioch before beating Hammond upstairs.
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Gorsuch and his colleagues successfully fended off the consumers' legal action.
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The sugar lobby had fended off this recommendation all the while.
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At night, she went to bed hungry and fended off mosquitoes.
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All three have fended off any signal that they would resign.
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Mylan also fended off its own unsolicited approach by Teva last year.
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Home Depot, Lowe's, and Cisco have all fended off Amazon, he added.
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Rauner narrowly fended off a challenge from the right from state Rep.
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If Kennedy hadn't entered the race, Johnson could have fended off McCarthy.
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Powell fended off two lines of questioning that challenge the Fed's credibility.
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Amtrak has fended off efforts by Trump to cut its federal subsidies.
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Some fended off the ensuing self-consciousness and existential dread with humor.
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The government supported unions that successfully fended off a conservative legal challenge.
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It fended off a $51-a-share offer from Roche in 2012.
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Clinton gracefully fended off what she described as sexist attacks over the years.
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To date, European countries have fended off the rise of ultra-nationalist parties.
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The former secretary of state fended off a fierce challenge from Vermont Sen.
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Several employees fended off uncomfortable comments from users and management alike, sources claimed.
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Republicans also fended off challenges from Democrats in the Texas and Tennessee races.
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Martha Roby as she fended off a challenge in a runoff this month.
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Only the intervention of congressional leaders has fended off those cuts, for now.
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In the end, it appeared that most counties successfully fended off the attack.
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But midway through that final set, Williams fended off three crucial break points.
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Stabenow is seeking a fourth Senate term and has easily fended off past challengers.
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Durbin to Gorsuch: You fended off most questions of substance 11:2023 a.m. Sen.
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AS) fended off a 26.3 billion euro bid from U.S. rival PGG Industries (PPG.
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He fended off the blows with arm strokes worthy of a martial arts master.
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China's goalkeeper also fended off a free kick by Alexia Putellas in the 71st.
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G.M.'s Mary Barra handily fended off David Einhorn's attempt to split the stock.
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Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) fended off her primary challenge from the left Tuesday evening.
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Biden fended off Gillibrand's broadside, saying he's always believed in equal rights for women.
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At the Senate hearing on Tuesday, Mr. Ramos fended off accusations of price gouging.
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In the years after "Friday," she fended off all kinds of cynical business entreaties.
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And she has fended off many political opponents during her 13 years as chancellor.
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Tom Carper fended off a spirited challenge from the progressive movement in Thursday's primary election.
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Mentor also fended off a hostile takeover by rival Cadence Design Systems Inc in 2008.
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Steve King, a white nationalist, fended off a tough challenge in the state's rural west.
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Mr. Sanders fended off two moderate rivals, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind.
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Most are fended off, or don't affect as many clients and people as last week's.
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Parent company Eyeo has fended off a fifth legal challenge in Germany, The Guardian reports.
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Ron Estes , R-Kansas, fended off an unusual primary challenge Tuesday night, beating… Ron Estes .
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Ron Estes, R-Kansas, fended off an unusual primary challenge Tuesday night, beating… Ron Estes.
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It's not the first time Google X has fended off allegations of trade secret theft.
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Scarborough has fended off critics before who have sought to use Klausutis's death against him.
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Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who fended off a Democratic challenger to win reelection in November.
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O), after it fended off an unwanted takeover offer from U.S. rival PPG Industries (PPG.
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The public sphere, however, has over the years largely fended off this disruption of reality.
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The veteran Republican congresswoman had fended off a challenge in 2016 from Democrat Scott Fuhrman.
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They have fended off periodic calls over three decades for the company to sell itself.
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Carrying him piggyback, she would hop to the nearest puddle, while he fended off competitors.
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The officer single-handedly fended off all five with just his feet and his baton.
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At the same time, she fended off activist investors calling for higher short-term profits.
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But most of the incumbents supportive of the superintendent fended off their challengers on Tuesday.
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Casey's in 2000 successfully fended off a hostile bid from larger peer Alimentation Couche-Tard.
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In a rare moment of high drama, Buttigieg fended off attacks from fellow veteran Rep.
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The Foreign Office successfully fended off Mr. Davis and demanded to keep the Brussels job.
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Lee fended off former lawmaker "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung of the pro-democracy camp.
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The Sixers built an early 13-point lead and then fended off the pesky Spurs.
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Last year Generali fended off a takeover bid from Italy's biggest retail bank Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI).
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Plucky little Israel had fended off repeated Arab invasions, and not through the power of prayer.
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Along the way the government for once narrowly fended off defeats on amendments to its motion.
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Byrne, meanwhile, easily fended off businessman Dean Young in a rematch of a 2013 special election.
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Dyn, based in Manchester, N.H., said it had fended off the assault by 9:30 a.m.
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Mertens fended off the first eight match points Williams held, before ultimately falling in a tiebreaker.
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Having weathered March winds and fended off April showers, you might as well enjoy the results.
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The 50th congressional district incumbent narrowly fended off a Democratic challenge while under indictment in 2018.
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Regarding the aforementioned incident and others she had "fended off," Carter said she never reported them.
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The platform has also fended off reports of hosts using hidden devices to spy on guests.
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Gannett has laid off reporters across the country and recently fended off a hostile takeover bid.
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The result was remarkable not only because Mr English fended off Labour's telegenic new leader, Jacinda Ardern.
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Tomic served 12 aces, fended off all three break points and improved to 4-0 against Sousa.
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But mostly he has fended off attacks from Trump that he is a serial cheater and liar.
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Spotify has fended off competition from rival Apple Music, with nearly double the number of paying subscribers.
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Sullivan, in which the Times fended off a lawsuit brought by a city commissioner in Montgomery, Alabama.
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The Massachusetts senator also fended off criticism for not rolling out a healthcare plan of her own.
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But Uber's reputation has taken a hit in the years since it successfully fended off the mayor.
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But the company has fended off court challenges and has the strong support of local political leaders.
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Attorneys for the employees fended off the idea that their argument required an "update" to Title 7.
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Mother Divine rarely spoke to the news media and fended off questions about herself and her past.
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In California, Uber and Lyft have fended off lawsuits that aimed to win employee status for drivers.
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CICIG has fended off such threats thanks to two sources of strength: foreign backing and domestic public opinion.
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Archibald skated up the right wing and fended off Eriksson Ek before depositing a shot under the crossbar.
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Two House Republicans facing tough intraparty primary races in Alabama successfully fended off their challengers on Tuesday. Reps.
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From there, the gang challenged Kolasinac, tried to get inside Ozil's car, but were fended off by Kolasinac.
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Driver fended off numerous attempts from Confederate soldiers to steal Old Glory and waved it defiantly during battles.
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Kirkuk officials said they were pleased that they had fended off the attack, though the cost was high.
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Ms. Merkel had fended off mutiny within her conservative alliance last week after migration talks with European leaders.
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Intervention by American Special Operations troops and heavy United States bombing has repeatedly fended off Taliban advances there.
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Like an aging Jedi, he fended off incoming from all directions, mostly giving as good as he got.
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North Carolina built an 11-point, second-half lead and fended off several rallies in a hostile environment.
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Government subvention had fended off the ravages of capitalism in one important way: it had provided steady employment.
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With the case generating tabloid headlines, Ms. Berman managed his contacts with reporters and fended off bothersome inquiries.
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Akamai Prolexic fended off the 35 Gbps attack, and its client didn't have any downtime during the assault.
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The company fended off an acquisition offer from SiriusXM, only to accept a from the satellite radio company.
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A resolution to exempt blasphemy from free-speech protections was fended off against the wishes of the Like-Minded.
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The Swiss company fended off that offer only to agree later to a takeover by China's state-owned ChemChina.
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Bunge fended off a bid from Glencore Plc last year and promised extensive cost-cutting in a sweeping restructuring.
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Mr Erdogan has fended off many threats to his rule, often ruthlessly enough to dissuade anyone from trying again.
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Notre Dame (33-3) advances to Monday's regional title game against Stanford, which fended off Missouri State later Saturday.
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A heavily pregnant Natalie Portman fended off a critique that she'd only have hot tea and toast for lunch.
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He fended off a few more calls from work, passive-aggressive efforts to get Peter back to the city.
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The top seed fended off a set point in the tiebreak to beat Delbonis 6-3 7-63(6).
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Premier Li Keqiang said last month China's regulators did not respond sufficiently but China had fended off systemic risks.
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The Serb fended off break points in an intense final set and clinched victory in just under four hours.
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In Florida, the Republican Ron DeSantis fended off Andrew Gillum's bid to be the state's first African-American governor.
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Matt Bevin, who fended off a surprisingly strong challenge in a Republican primary that illustrated his general election vulnerability.
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Loeb's move on Nestle comes months after Unilever fended off a surprise $4.213 billion takeover approach from Kraft Heinz.
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But the family has fended off challenges, including protests that were met with deadly force in 2005 and 2017.
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In the 32nd minute, Dempsey handled a neat flick from Pulisic and fended off a defender in the box.
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A month before that, a police officer fended off five homeless men who attacked him on a train platform.
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Led by Paul Polman, an executive at Nestlé until 2008, Unilever fended off a takeover by Kraft Heinz in February.
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Valadao has continuously fended off challengers in a district that supported Hillary Clinton by a nearly 23 percentage point margin.
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LONDON — A top television executive has fended off suggestions that Game of Thrones uses violence against women as character development.
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What's notable is that it is now owned by Google (who fended off acquisition interest from another tech giant, Facebook).
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As Obamacare turns 225 this year, President Barack Obama fended off a new challenge to his signature health-care initiative.
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The debate served as a proxy battle for the pair of lefty senators as they fended off claims from Rep.
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May, having fended off Tory rebels, could lead the party against Labour in a de facto vote on her deal.
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Under Buechner and Burgmans, Akzo fended off PPG, pleasing employees and Dutch politicians but outraging the company's foreign investor base.
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Ofo fended off dozens of copycat rivals, but it now risks becoming the latest casualty of a cut-throat industry.
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But at a boisterous Parliament session last month, the prime minister fended off questions from lawmakers on several recent cases.
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But King, who's been in Congress since 2003, narrowly fended off defeat in the 2018 midterms against Democrat J.D. Scholten.
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She fended off the first two break points, but Konta converted on her third with a forehand cross-court winner.
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She broke Sabalenka's serve four times in the 65-minute match and fended off the only break point she faced.
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This year, Cuellar narrowly fended off a serious primary challenge from Jessica Cisneros, a young progressive woman in his district.
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Afghan forces have largely fended off the Taliban's advances this year, but with a heavy reliance on American air power.
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And they've fended off repeated attempts to introduce universal background checks, institute red flag laws, and ban assault-style weapons.
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The company fended off an acquisition offer from SiriusXM, only to accept a strategic investment from the satellite radio company.
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The credit bureaus have successfully fended off calls in Congress for more oversight for decades, despite warnings about potential problems.
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Meanwhile, Kemp fended off accusations that his office mishandled confidential voter data and that he personally defaulted on a $220,21 loan.
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Legacy enterprise players have historically successfully fended off competition from freemium businesses by accusing them of not being "enterprise-grade" technology.
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Though McConnell easily fended off a challenge in 2014, the president could potentially make it much harder for him next time.
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They regard it as a disruptive force, to be fended off, whereas Japan sees a potential counterweight to China's growing power.
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LONDON — An 86-year-old woman has fended off a would-be mugger with a packet of freshly bought supermarket bacon.
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Five years ago, he successfully fended off an effort by activist hedge fund Elliott Management to put Actelion up for sale.
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The video platform has fended off mounting criticism that it's algorithm plays a role in the online radicalization of its users.
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It worked on the campaign trail, where he defied endless pundit predictions about his imminent demise and fended off countless distractions.
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Yet this week, he topped her list of preferred candidates as he fended off more moderate candidates' attacks on his proposals.
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In 2007, she co-wrote "Deadly by Design," a self-published study on how automakers fended off stronger roof-strength standards.
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On Wednesday night, Afghan forces barely fended off a Taliban advance on the district of Nawa, just south of Laskhar Gah.
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It fended off other claimants to the money and obtained a freeze order preventing Mr. Lazarenko from gaining access to it.
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In 2011, he fended off a sexual assault allegation made against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund.
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He served for the second set up 5-3, and fended off four match points before Chung finally converted a fifth.
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Once, after Mr. Mora fended off suspicious auditors at a bank where the two worked, Mr. Shields sent an admiring email.
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Mr. Johnson fended off heavy pressure from the Trump administration to bar the Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei from its broadband network.
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Why it matters: The Czech cybersecurity agency has fended off numerous overtures from Huawei, bucking the trend among Eastern European nations.
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So far, Maduro has fended off Guaido's challenge, retaining control of the armed forces and tightening the noose around opposition lawmakers.
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He flew on commercial jets, fended off creditors and dismissed his bodyguard, a Korean martial arts expert known as Mr. Kill.
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He stole the puck along the wall, blew past Justin Faulk, fended off Alex Pietrangelo and muscled the puck past Allen.
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In a key congressional primary race, Democratic incumbent Dan Lipinski fended off a progressive challenger and won on a centrist platform.
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The pair fended off mounting rumors that Offset was unfaithful throughout their relationship before Cardi announced in December that they had split.
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She fended off a late challenge by Britain's Jazmin Carlin to win by 2.12 seconds, with Tjasa Oder of Slovenia in third.
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The vote -- coming after a confirmation process in which Sessions fended off accusations of racism -- passed 52-47, largely along party lines.
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A court hearing where the president's lawyers fended off inquiries into Trump's personal affairs shed some light on the White House's strategy.
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" But clear examples of harassment like that one don't even begin to cover other more insidious, coercive tactics she regularly "fended off.
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Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel fended off Jon Ossoff's campaign, which had tapped into anti-Trump energy in both parties.
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who fended off a tough contest from independent and Greens candidates in his Melbourne electorate, told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
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The justices in previous decisions since 2012 had fended off other major conservative challenges to Obamacare, considered Obama's signature domestic policy achievement.
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Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren fended off attacks from more moderate rivals over Medicare for All in the first night of debate.
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But it's since fended off waning demand with price hikes on washers and dryers, which in turn, has caused even less demand.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) easily fended off a rare challenge to the top leadership spot she's maintained since 2003.
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In October 2016, a U.K.-flagged chemical tanker fended off an attempted hijack when the armed guards engaged pirates in a firefight.
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Williams fended off seven of the eight break points she faced, and won 63% of points when returning the Davis second serve.
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Heat 91, Wizards 88 Hassan Whiteside had 22 points and 16 rebounds as Miami fended off a frenzied comeback attempt by Washington.
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In 2017, GM fended off a call by hedge fund manager David Einhorn to split its common stock shares into two classes.
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He fended off questions about why he had acted now, after the inquiry had been going on for more than two years.
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Mr. Cuomo fended off a challenge from Cynthia Nixon, who billed herself as an anti-establishment candidate and ran a progressive campaign.
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Mr. Knight has fended off accusations of racism before, including for his depiction this year of African teenagers vandalizing a train station.
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Trump's tax returns: Throughout the presidential campaign, Trump fended off demands to see his tax returns because he's under an IRS audit.
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Tillis has already fended off a GOP primary challenger from the right, a self-funding candidate who dropped out in late 2019.
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They were waiting for Danny Farias, who has worked the Manhattan Bridge stop for two years and occasionally fended off rival truckers.
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In 2011, for example, he fended off a campaign by U.S. hedge fund Elliott Advisors to put the company up for sale.
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But Canadians liked the way he fended off Mr. Trump's domineering handshake on a visit to the White House in February 2017.
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With control of what legislation comes to the floor in both the House and Senate, Republican leaders have easily fended off Democrats.
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Nagy fended off questions in Los Angeles about Trubisky's performance and insisted the in-game switch at quarterback was not performance-driven.
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South Carolina State University fended off threats of closing in recent years and has struggled to recruit students to its rural campus.
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Thanos dramatically assembled the Infinity Gems and fended off an onslaught of superhero attacks long enough to raise his arm up and ... snap.
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Ted Cruz fended off a strong push from Beto O'Rourke to win re-election and help the GOP maintain control of the Senate.
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In 2015, Mylan fended off a takeover attempt from rival Teva Pharmaceutical Industries that would have valued the company at around $40 billion.
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Facebook fended off rumors that an outage of its products Wednesday night, including Facebook and Instagram, was the result of a DDoS attack.
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The researchers fended off several attacks from an angry operator of a botnet trying to knock the domain offline with junk internet traffic.
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When asked about these remarks, Spicer said Kim "assumed power at a young age" and has fended off potential threats to his rule.
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Actelion co-founder and Chief Executive Jean-Paul Clozel has fended off previous takeover attempts, including a reported takeover approach by Shire SHP.
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Portland tied it in the 55th minute when Fanendo Adi fended off a defender and muscled his way into the N.Y.C.F.C. penalty area.
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By the time Brough became chairman, Noble had fended off two years of accusations by Iceberg Research that it had inflated its assets.
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In California's 10th District, Democrat Josh Harder appears to have fended off Republican Ted Howze in an unexpectedly tight race for second place.
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Keys fended off the danger, though, and completed victory with a punishing forehand that landed right on to the baseline after 73 minutes.
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Premier Li Keqiang said last month that China's regulators did not respond sufficiently but that China had fended off risks to the system.
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But a law legalizing abortion took effect in 1978, and the Radical Party successfully fended off efforts to repeal it three years later.
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Its members had, in their view, fended off an intrusion into a venue over which they feel a real and potentially lasting claim.
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A good night for him would have been two hours of attacks, with the emerging narrative that he had fended off the assault.
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But Williams, seeded 10th, has already fended off one dangerous 19-year-old here, beating Naomi Osaka of Japan in the third round.
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Williamson praised his employees and described how a porter named Lucasz fended off the attacker, sustaining serious injuries, which allowed others to escape.
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At the local level, it has fended off accusations of predatory competition by saying it can actually connect local buyers with local suppliers.
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Last week, the European Central Bank kept policy unchanged and fended off discussions of winding down its massive stimulus program any time soon.
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She also fended off criticism over Sanders's refusal to release additional medical records, noting that he had already made three detailed reports public.
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Speaking to CNBC Tuesday, Bonnesen fended off any similarities to its competitor Danske Bank, which was recently caught up in a money laundering scandal.
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It's a victory of sorts for the Chicago publisher, whose stock hovers near the price at which it fended off a takeover from Gannett.
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A jogger in Oakland fended off a dog attack, only to be tackled and bitten on the arm by the dog's owner, police said.
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Less than three weeks ago soldiers fended off militants who attacked a military post in Rann, killing 15 of them, according to local media.
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Abhinandan Varthaman parachuted from his plane, fended off locals by firing warning shots from his pistol, and swallowed sensitive papers to keep them secret.
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To land the sale, Christie's fended off competition from Sotheby's and provided the Rockefellers with a huge guarantee, ensuring the estate is paid promptly.
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Then in 250, Ford fended off Reagan for the GOP nomination, 227 years after Ford was first elected to the US House from Michigan.
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The Black Swan in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, fended off rival restaurants owned by celebrity TV chefs in Britain like Heston Blumenthal and Raymond Blanc.
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The Missouri Compromise of 22019 and the Compromise of 1850 fended off the Civil War for nearly half a century and a decade respectively.
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Clinton, while he feuded with a former beauty queen and fended off accusations of sexual harassment and abuse from a growing roster of women.
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Pelosi has easily fended off two challenges in the past decade, most recently defeating Ryan by a lopsided 85033-63 caucus vote in 2016.
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It's Cinco De Mayo, the day Mexico fended off a threat from French imperialists and asserted itself as a nation to be reckoned with.
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He also fended off questions about dealing with a dictator of a brutal regime in which dissent is not tolerated and opponents are killed.
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Over two decades, Silicon Valley built a political machine that fended off virtually every effort to regulate how tech companies collect and use data.
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It is the first acquisition Unilever has made since it fended off a $143 billion takeover offer from the Kraft Heinz Company in February.
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Memphis took a 13-point lead in the third quarter, fended off a Portland run, and led 92-82 heading into the final period.
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Jimmy Whitt Jr. scored 17 points as Arkansas fended off visiting Austin Peay 234-226 in a defensive battle Tuesday night in Fayetteville, Ark.
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In the nationally-circulated pamphlet Southern Horrors, Wells documented cases in Kentucky and Florida, "where the men armed themselves" and fended off lynch mobs.
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Tom Carper fended off a spirited -- but perhaps fatally underfunded -- primary challenge from the left by first-time candidate Kerri Evelyn Harris, CNN projects.
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The British government fended off another attempt by Remainers to ensure that MPs have the final decision should the Brexit talks end with no deal.
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Earlier this year, Gannett fended off MNG's efforts to put its nominees on its board, after it rejected the latter's $1.36 billion hostile takeover bid.
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This suggests either that wolves are being fended off by animals with antlers or that they are selectively attacking those which do not have them.
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Shares in the company, which fended off a 41 euro-per-share takeover approach from Potash Corp in 2015, have fallen to around 22.8 euros.
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After PPG's approach was fended off, a group of shareholders launched a court case seeking a vote to have Chairman Antony Burgmans removed, but lost.
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Folk legend in Vietnam has it that Le Loi, a real 15th-century Vietnamese emperor, fended off an attempted Chinese invasion with a magical sword.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former chair of the Democratic National Committee, easily fended off a primary challenge in her South Florida congressional district on Tuesday.
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He also fended off a passenger's attempt to defuse the situation, punching the man in his face and hitting him repeatedly with a wine bottle.
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Last year, CEO Steiner fended off a 41-euro-per share takeover approach from larger Canadian rival Potash Corp , which withdrew its proposal in October.
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In other Weinstein news • NYT: How Harvey Weinstein fended off a 103 N.Y.P.D. investigation into sexual misconduct with high-powered lawyers and his ample wealth.
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Even as he fended off questions about what was left of the museum's collection, he asked society to press the authorities — including himself — for answers.
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Mr. DeSantis, a 40-year-old former congressman, fended off his opponent, Andrew Gillum, one of the strongest candidates Florida Democrats had fielded in years.
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Through the entirety of the report, Trump is observed to lie, at almost every moment, like Falstaff telling Hal how many thieves he fended off.
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In the 2018 midterms, Republicans came within striking distance; Peterson fended off GOP challenger Dave Hughes by a margin of 52.1 percent to 85033 percent.
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Kaspersky Lab, which was founded in 1997, has for years fended off rumors that it was compromised by its founder's friendships with the Russian government.
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And the company has fended off public criticism about the ban, including from Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Democrat from Massachusetts who is running for president.
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WASHINGTON — John Wall had 36 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists as the surging Washington Wizards fended off the Indiana Pacers 111-133 on Wednesday night.
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The Bruins surged from middling club to contender at midseason and fended off a rally from Toronto in the first round to win in seven games.
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She has also fended off calls to make it easier to hold a referendum on independence—despite a recent hunger strike by some pro-independence types.
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Tenth-seeded VCU dominated the paint and fended off seventh-seeded Oregon State as the Rams advanced 75-67 on Friday afternoon at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
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Mark Rutte, the liberal prime minister of the Netherlands, fended off a challenge from far-right Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders in an election in March.
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After shaking off the ensuing ill effects on Thursday, Williams fended off a set point in a 7-6 (7), 6-1 win over Christina McHale.
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Soriot first gave a bullish long-term forecast of 2023 revenue hitting $45 billion back in 2014, as he fended off a takeover attempt by Pfizer.
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Resembling the solitary pigeon on the phone line being pelted with rocks by all the kids in the street, he fended off questions — not always accurately.
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Government policies, including increased stamp duties and a vacancy tax, have fended off speculative buyers who are usually the first to panic-sell when prices weaken.
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Justin Trudeau seemed to know it was coming, though, and heroically fended off the Trump yank with nothing but brute force and his debonaire good looks.
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Rep. Dan Lipinski, a conservative-leaning Democrat, fended off a tough challenge by liberal newcomer Marie Newman in the Democratic primary for Illinois' 3rd House district.
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White Collar Watch The Securities and Exchange Commission has successfully fended off recent challenges to its use of administrative proceedings to hear cases about potential violations.
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For the second consecutive year, he fended off a strong challenge from Ferrari in a season in which the Italian team often had the stronger car.
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She had for 10 years been a co-host alongside Karl Stefanovic and at times had fended off questions about a pay gap between the two.
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Ms. Kelly fended off a challenge from her left in the Democratic primary for governor in New Hampshire on Tuesday, but now faces a popular governor.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson fended off a party revolt on Tuesday over Britain's decision to allow China's Huawei to build parts of its 5G infrastructure.
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Those stay-at-home banks can also charge higher interest rates to corporate borrowers, having fended off EU competitors who might have eaten away lending margins.
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In the days before the conference kicked off, American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp fended off outside conservatives' worry (and anger) over Maréchal-Le Pen's appearance.
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On the campaign trail, Trump lambasted major aspects of Bush's presidency and fended off a primary challenge from one of Bush's brothers, former Florida GOP Gov.
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Netanyahu has since fended off an internal challenge to his Likud leadership and the party has refused previous suggestions it join a unity government without him.
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Monfils, however, fended off four match points to beat Japanese world number nine Nishikori in a three-set thriller 21-63(26) 26-24 7-6(6).
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Twitter has fended off a number of similar lawsuits by appealing to the US safe harbor provision, which has no clear equivalent in EU or UK law.
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The government fended off efforts to increase humanitarian aid as its forces made strategic gains around the long-contested city of Aleppo, supported by intense Russian airstrikes.
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Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren fended off attacks from moderate rivals over "Medicare for All" in the first night of the second Democratic presidential debates on Tuesday.
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He picked fights, lionized the studio chiefs and fended off lawmakers' efforts to limit sex and violence on screen by devising the self-regulating film ratings system.
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Haftar's forces seized the ports from a rival armed group that had controlled them for more than two years, and fended off a counter attack on Sunday.
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Gannett recently fended off newspaper chain MNG Enterprises's efforts to put its nominees on the Gannett board, months after it rejected MNG's $1.36 billion hostile takeover bid.
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Jada Pinkett Smith says she fended off potential creepers from Willow at a young age -- and in light of "Surviving R. Kelly" ... she seems grateful she did.
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At the time, Assad fended off a threatened U.S. bombing campaign only by agreeing to give up his arsenal of chemical weapons, later destroyed by the OPCW.
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Bradley Beal scored 25 points as the Wizards fended off the NBA's only 50-win team in the final minute for a 112-108 win Tuesday night.
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GM, by comparison, has fended off calls from well known hedge funds like David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital, which has pressed the company to split the company's stock.
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General Westmoreland's forces and their South Vietnamese allies had fended off the attacks of National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese forces at the Vietnamese new year, Tet.
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In the North Country, Representative Elise Stefanik, the Republican incumbent, fended off a bid by Tedra Cobb, a former county lawmaker, collecting 56 percent of the vote.
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Henry Cuellar fended off a primary challenge from Jessica Cisneros, a 26-year-old immigration attorney, in Texas's 28th district, in a defeat for the progressive movement.
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Mr. Trump has also fended off unrest among employees by paying them to dismiss litigation against him, despite his oft-repeated claims that he never settles lawsuits.
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Then he overcame a hoof bruise and fended off his Derby rival Good Magic in heavy fog while winning the Preakness Stakes on yet another sloppy track.
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The Massachusetts senator fended off the attacks, while once again dodging questions over whether her health care plan would include a tax hike for middle class Americans.
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" Appearing on Fox News three days later, Bolton fended off host Tucker Carlson's critique of the Iraq War, saying: "[L]ife is complicated in the Middle East.
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A mild-mannered physician and Army veteran, Mr. Northam, 57, fended off Tom Perriello, a former congressman whose insurgent candidacy gave the state's Democratic establishment a scare.
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Isabel Dos Santos, the daughter of Angola's long-serving president, is BPI's second-largest shareholder who last year fended off a takeover bid for BPI by Caixabank.
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And the opposition's effort to deliver humanitarian aid over the weekend was easily fended off by forces loyal to him, armed with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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San Jose captain Joe Pavelski hit Vlasic with the outlet pass, and the veteran defenseman fended off backchecking Ducks forward Corey Perry to beat Anaheim goalie John Gibson.
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Wearing black clothing with the PotCoin logo - a crypto-currency used by the legal marijuana industry - Rodman fended off questions from dozens of journalists at the arrival gate.
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The scandal is arguably the biggest yet to hit Zuma, who has fended off accusations of corruption, influence peddling and rape since before he took office in 2009.
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In gusty winds Thiem's powerful groundstrokes helped him dominate the first set and Djokovic was in trouble early in the second when he fended off a break point.
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Thomas powers Clemson past Samford Elijah Thomas posted a double-double as host Clemson fended off an upset-minded Samford 241.7-243 on Saturday afternoon in Littlejohn Coliseum.
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We were silent for a couple of minutes, listening to the clamor of the city and feeling the anxiety of tourists as they fended off vendors and beggars.
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The couple fended off serious divorce rumors post "Deflategate" earlier this year, with Brady telling Boston's WEEI 93.7 FM, "We're in a great place, I'll just say that."
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He pointed to the 290 percent total shareholder return delivered during a tenure in which he fended off a $143 billion takeover approach from Kraft Heinz in 2017.
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Meanwhile LNG specialist Santos in May fended off a $10.8 billion takeover bid by an investor group that was keen to get a share in the booming market.
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The two-time reigning Art Ross Trophy winner pushed the puck ahead in the neutral zone and fended off three Flyers before wiring a shot under the crossbar.
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Meanwhile, Mexico's peso rose to its strongest level in seven months after the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) fended off a leftist rival in a key state election.
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As a result, Biden began traveling to Ukraine more regularly to show the Obama administration's support for the country as it fended off Russian aggression in the east.
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The leadership of Qualcomm has made the purchase of NXP an absolute must win for the future of the company, particularly after it fended off Broadcom's hostile takeover.
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In 1992, George H.W. Bush fended off a challenge from Pat Buchanan, who ran a populist campaign against the sitting GOP president but didn't win a single primary.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb just fended off a separate activist, Jana Partners, and now the presence of Icahn is fueling speculation that the company will try to sell itself.
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Monahan fended off Wild defenseman Greg Pateryn and redirected Johnny Gaudreau's centering feed past Dubnyk to forge a 1-1 tie at 9:08 of the second period.
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While "How to Train Your Dragon 3" fended off newcomers to repeat No. 1, Tyler Perry's "A Madea Family Funeral" still had a solid start of its own.
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Chief Justice William Rehnquist fended off suggestions that he might be too weak to work as he underwent chemotherapy and an emergency hospitalization, before his death in 2004.
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Kelly fended off onrushing forwards at the Red Wings' blue line but was also brilliant in starting a rush up ice, becoming a prototype for the "offensive" defenseman.
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Mainstream Democrats have mostly fended off the insurgents, including in Michigan's gubernatorial primary on Tuesday - a relief to a party establishment courting voters who may swing between parties.
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Henry Cuellar (Texas) fended off a primary challenge from the left on Tuesday, defeating Jessica Cisneros, a 26-year-old lawyer who received strong backing from progressive groups.
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Secretary of state Bill Galvin -- Massachusetts' longest-serving statewide official, in office since 1995 -- fended off a Democratic primary challenge from Boston city councilor Josh Zakim, who conceded.
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The bill's House patrons fended off attempts to change the oversight board, minimum wage provision and debt restructuring priorities to keep support for the bill from falling apart.
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Vatrano fended off Letang with one hand, muscled a shot with the other, then grabbed the rebound without breaking stride and slipped the puck past Jarry's right skate.
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There was little change in relative borrowing costs after Prime Minister Mark Rutte fended off a challenge from the far-right populist Geert Wilders in the Dutch election.
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General Moore later fended off an antiwar protest by Jane Fonda at a California base and oversaw the sweeping transition to an all-volunteer Army after the war.
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And although Shopify's growth story has been better overall, Etsy accepted and has so far fended off a challenge from Amazon Handmade, the e-commerce giant's own marketplace.
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It is a turnaround for Sanderson Farms, which has run commercials defending its use of antibiotics and fended off shareholder proposals advising it to curb use of the drugs.
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Republicans fended off a fresh-faced first-time candidate in the Atlanta suburbs on Tuesday, keeping a House seat in GOP hands as it has been for four decades.
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In rural areas, the National Party comfortably fended off what were expected to be strong challenges from independent candidates after the party had lost safe seats in state elections.
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Disney fended off Comcast's $66 billion all-cash challenge to its deal for the Fox assets last month by sweetening its offer to $71 billion in cash-and-stock.
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He stuffed top-line forward Leon Draisaitl on a breakaway in the early going and fended off eight shots in the third period as Edmonton furiously tried to rally.
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As she fended off questions about Trump, Manigault at one point accused the moderator of being "aggressive," took the microphone, and decided to stand up and walk the stage.
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Regrettably, Secretary Clinton's position on free trade has moved to the left in recent years, especially as she fended off a stronger than expected primary challenge from protectionist Sen.
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New Zealand's Lisa Carrington fended off the competition in a tight race for first in the women's kayak single 200 metres, claiming her second Olympic gold in the event.
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Gulf countries have easily fended off past episodes of peg pressure such as during the 2009 Dubai crisis and in early-2016 when oil prices hit $27 a barrel.
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Earlier this year, Gillespie fended off claims by his primary opponent — who made support for Confederate monuments a centerpiece of his campaign — that he wanted to remove the statues.
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The scandal is arguably the biggest yet to hit Zuma, who has fended off accusations of corruption, influence peddling and even rape since before he took office in 2009.
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Mielekamp fended off accusations that the deal was a gimmick, saying his club wanted to give Bolt every opportunity to prove he was ready for a professional soccer contract.
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Norris has been a member of the McLaren young-driver program since February 13, and McLaren has fended off several poaching attempts by rival Formula One teams in 2018.
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The junior senator fended off attacks from pretty much all directions on this question, but one particularly fiery exchange came from his former mentor, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.
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Since Uber successfully fended off a proposed limit three years ago, the number of for-hire vehicles in the city has soared from about 383,000 to more than 100,000.
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After the most expensive campaign in House history, the Republican candidate, Karen Handel, fended off Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old Democrat who had never run for office before.
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At one of the largest plantations on Negros, Hacienda Balatong, which stretched over 1,400 hectares (nearly 21.3,260 acres), the landowner fended off a government-imposed transfer through legal creativity.
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On the pass, Zibanejad circled the net and fended off the 6-foot-6 rookie defenseman Ben Harpur, who had the reach, but not the speed, to keep up.
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The justices, who in previous decisions since 2012 fended off other conservative challenges to the law, ruled unanimously to ask lower courts to take another look at the issue.
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James Harden recorded a 50-point triple-double, and the Houston Rockets fended off the hot-shooting Sacramento Kings for a 119-393 victory on Saturday at Toyota Center.
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Other Western Iowa Republicans are expected to challenge Mr. King, who has fended off primaries before but did so with the support of his party and its top leaders.
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McCarthy, who will take over as the top House Republican since current Speaker of the House Paul Ryan chose not to seek reelection, fended off a challenge from Ohio Rep.
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"Pending sales rebounded last month as enough buyers fended off rising mortgage rates and alarmingly low inventory levels to sign a contract," said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the NAR.
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King has won re-election every year since 2003 in Iowa's red-leaning 4th District but has long fended off accusations that he harbors white supremacist or white nationalist beliefs.
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That was also the idea behind Monsanto's swoop on Syngenta last year, which the Swiss company fended off, only to agree later to a takeover by China's state-owned ChemChina.
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In Alameda County, in the San Francisco Bay Area, District Attorney Nancy O&aposMalley fended off a challenge from Pamela Price, reportedly receiving more than 60 percent of the vote.
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Although some 35 Democrats have cosponsored the bill, it currently has no Republican backers and faces opposition from industry groups, which have successfully fended off attempts to regulate plastics before.
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The scandal is arguably the biggest yet to hit the president, who has fended off accusations of corruption, influence peddling, and even rape since before he took office in 2009.
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McConnell has fended off charges of hypocrisy, saying that the difference between 2016 and 2020 is that in the previous cycle, different parties controlled the Senate and the White House.
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NO COMPLIMENT was too flowery at the launch in May of "Antidotes for Corruption", a book by Dino Melaye, a Nigerian senator who has fended off numerous allegations of graft.
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Running on her record as a congresswoman, Blackburn fended off a tough competitor with the pop star in his corner for the seat vacated by retiring longtime Republican Bob Corker.
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Daniil Medvedev fended off Henri Laaksonen 7-6(8) 6-7(33) 6-2 before fellow 22-year-old Karen Khachanov swatted aside Marc-Andrea Huesler 26-23 26-22.
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Bodyguards fended off raucous protestors and press at the courthouse in Rancagua, 50 miles south of capital Santiago, as Compagnon left the building shortly after the decision was handed down.
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Pepsi, led by the chairman and chief executive Indra Nooyi, fended off the investor while embarking on a strategic plan that kept the beverages and snacks giant as one company.
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Marshall fended off defensive back Dameon Baber near the goal line to complete a 48-yard score with 1:20 left in the second quarter, trimming the deficit to four.
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Another attack was also fended off by the navy south of Akassa in Delta state, where pirates twice tried to hijack the oil tanker MT Rio Spirit, the navy said.
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In April, Caixabank launched a takeover bid for the lender, offering 1.113 euros per share, less than its initial offer of 1.329 euros, which dos Santos fended off last year.
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The affair has led to an increase in tension in the Gulf, with Britain saying on Thursday that it fended off Iranian ships that tried to block a British tanker.
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The affair has stoked tension in the Gulf, with Britain saying on Thursday that it had fended off Iranian ships that tried to block a British tanker in the area.
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His announcement follows months of intense media scrutiny in which he has fended off accusations that he pushed China's foreign policy interests after taking money from Chinese-born political donors.
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Cho, 44, who became chairman after his father's death last year, fended off a challenge from his older sister and an activist fund to replace him with a professional manager.
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Hassan Whiteside had 22 points and 16 rebounds as the Miami Heat fended off a frenzied comeback attempt by the Washington Wizards for a 91-88 win on Friday night.
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His army defeated or fended off one adversary after another — the sometimes genocidal-minded white planters, the Saint-Domingue mulattoes, various black insurgents, the Spanish Empire and the British imperialists.
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He called the day's events a coup attempt and claimed that the opposition never got control of the military base, but rather was easily fended off by loyal soldiers there.
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It's a tactic we have seen over and over again – Trump has fended off an unprecedented number of attacks by simply stating, with unabashed confidence, that they hold no water.
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He beat out a consortium of investors to own Viacom in the late '80s, and a few years later fended off Barry Diller and John Malone to win Paramount Pictures.
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Hecklers disrupted the rally on a day when the New York billionaire fended off criticism that he had not clearly condemned white supremacist support during an interview on CNN on Sunday.
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Robinson leads Boston College past Hartford Jerome Robinson scored 23 points as Boston College fended off pesky Hartford 240.4-210 on Saturday night in Hartford's Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion.
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Eubanks leads Oregon State past Long Beach State Drew Eubanks posted a double-double as Oregon State fended off pesky Long Beach State 89-683 on Saturday night in Corvallis, Ore.
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The company, which sells its software to semiconductor companies that use it to design and test their chips, also fended off a hostile takeover by rival Cadence Design Systems in 2008.
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It was something most fans never expected to happen, but the Cavs had successfully fended off elimination for two straight games after falling into a 3-1 hole in the series.
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Stabenow is seeking a fourth Senate term and has easily fended off past challengers, but Trump&aposs narrow 220 victory in Michigan has the GOP hopeful it can flip the seat.
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"Pending sales rebounded last month as enough buyers fended off rising mortgage rates and alarmingly low inventory levels to sign a contract," NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement.
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He fended off a U.S.-backed invasion at the Bay of Pigs in 21962 and claimed he survived or evaded hundreds of assassination attempts, including some conjured up by the CIA.
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At his rally last week in Nashua, N.H., he repeatedly begged his supporters to make it to the polls and fended off pundit attacks that his supporters may not be voters.
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And in the wake of the worst crash since the Great Depression, as the firm fended off investigations and criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike, the Clintons drew Goldman only closer.
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Even though he fended off many of them, their sheer volume could plant doubts about one of his strongest assets -- his perceived electability -- in the minds of Democratic primary voters. 2.
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Both say the government has conspired against them, Trump with the Deep State and Cuban when he fended off insider-trading charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2008.
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Meredith had fended off offers from multiple suitors, including a more than $325 million offer from David J. Pecker, a confidant of President Trump and chief executive of American Media Inc.
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In the lieutenant governor's race, Kathy Hochul, Mr. Cuomo's running mate, fended off a challenge from Mr. Williams, a New York City councilman, winning by the narrowest margin of the three.
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Obama might have pulled the economy back from the brink, he might have fended off a comical plutocrat in Mitt Romney in 2012, he might have given millions more people healthcare.
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CAPE TOWN — Over his eight increasingly embattled years in power, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has fended off five parliamentary no-confidence motions that would have forced him from office.
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The puck bounced to Bjorkstrand, who carried the puck over the blue line and down the left wing, fended off defenseman Radko Gudas and slipped a forehander inside the far post.
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Oklahoma City Thunder 108 - Portland Trail Blazers 96 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recorded 21 points and nine rebounds, and Dennis Schroder also scored 21 points as Oklahoma City fended off host Portland.
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Mexico's chief negotiator, Jesus Seade, sought to play down the impact of such "rapid panels," saying he had fended off U.S. union demands to place foreign labor inspectors in Mexican factories.
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He fended off Ms. Sanders when she interrupted him to suggest he should return to his cabin so the reporters could get some sleep (they assured him they were not tired).
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Democrats are promoting increases in education spending and medical research funding, and how they fended off major conservative poison pills, like efforts to defund Planned Parenthood or expand immigrant detention centers.
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The religious superstition of the creeks and hollers where the aftermath of the Great Depression endures has already fended off so many advances in rational thinking that it's impenetrable by now.
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On Thursday Philippe's government spokesman fended off questions over the suitability of businesswoman Parly - who served as junior budget minister under socialist Lionel Jospin from 2000-2002 - to head the defense ministry.
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The Oakland woman who went viral after she was arrested for biting a jogger's arm, telling police she had just fended off a dog attack, said she was only protecting her pets.
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Keys reached her first Grand Slam semifinal last year at the Australian Open, fended off two set points in the ninth game before coming back to win the first in a tiebreaker.
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President Enrique Pena Nieto's PRI party fended off a challenge there from new leftist party founded by populist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who leads in early polls for next year's presidential race.
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Tyus Battle scored 14 points and Bourama Sidibe provided a spark off the bench as Syracuse fended off struggling Pittsburgh 60-217 Saturday in ACC action at Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh.
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The affair has stoked tension in the Gulf, with Britain saying on July 11 that it had fended off Iranian ships that tried to block a British tanker heading through the area.
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When the dust settles next month, it's possible that Republicans will have successfully fended off Democratic challenges in each of the competitive special election races to replace President Donald Trump's cabinet appointees.
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Acoustics technology company 64 Audio, which makes custom products for musical acts such as Bon Jovi and OneRepublic, on Wednesday fended off a patent infringement case brought by rival Jerry Harvey Audio.
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The escalating legal battle has added to the uncertainty surrounding Avianca Brasil's ability to maintain its current flight schedule, even as the carrier so far has successfully fended off multiple repossession attempts.
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While Mr. Erdogan has fended off a coup, the most urgent question is this: Has he emerged even more powerful, or is he now a weakened leader who must accommodate his opponents?
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Mr. Trump also fended off questions from Mr. O'Reilly about a Boston Globe report showing that there were few women on his campaign, and that they were paid substantially less than men.
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It's been a strange, conflicted week for antitrust in Washington, DC. In one set of congressional hearings, tech leaders, facing possible far-reaching regulation, fended off accusations that they are strangling competition.
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In last week's debate, Mr. Trump made an early reference to the size of his genitalia as he fended off attacks from Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida.
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Beyond the coup plot, Mr. Maduro's government has already fended off several small-scale attacks, including salvos from a helicopter last year and exploding drones as he gave a speech in August.
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Biden enters the his third debate atop the field, even after his first two performances were criticized as lackluster and his campaign has fended off questions about repeated misstatements on the trail.
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Running in lane seven, Norwegian Warholm was fractionally ahead off the final bend and fended off Benjamin's challenge to win in 46.92 seconds, six hundredths of a second ahead of his rival.
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Bunge, which lags its peers in terms of returns to shareholders, fended off a bid from Glencore earlier this year and promised extensive cost-cutting in a sweeping restructuring announced in July.
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That was the policy of the Obama administration at the time, a consensus policy to try to strengthen the rule of law in Ukraine as it fended off military intervention from Russia.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel fended off competition from rival Martin Schulz Sunday night as the two leading candidates went head-to-head in their only televised debate ahead of this month's German election.
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During her 24-year-long tenure at the company, PepsiCo acquired big-name brands, invested in healthy products and fended off a call to split up PepsiCo's (PEP) food and beverage businesses.
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McConnell, who is up for reelection next year, fended off Bevin in a bitter 2014 Senate primary but has put aside the past rivalry and instructed his team to help the governor.
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Mr. Prayuth, who seized power vowing to "worship and protect the monarchy," has fended off a return of the Shinawatras — who remain popular, especially among the rural poor, despite convictions for corruption.
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An SABC source said journalists were struggling to put a positive spin on some items that include reporting on scandal-hit Zuma, who has fended off accusations of corruption, influence peddling and rape.
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Sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro fended off veteran Spaniard David Ferrer 6-63 7-6(3), who battled gamely but was ultimately worn down by del Potro's big serve and punishing forehand.
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Asked a tough question about her reputation for dishonesty by a skeptical young Democrat, Clinton responded in a tough, forceful manner that will remind many of how she fended off the Benghazi hearings.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) likely fended off a leftist challenger to narrowly win a key state election on Sunday, according to an official preliminary projection of the results.
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Kings 03, Jets 2 Anze Kopitar scored on the power play early in the third period, and visiting Los Angeles fended off Winnipeg to win consecutive games for the first time this season.
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ROME (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic fended off a resurgent Rafael Nadal 7-5 7-6 (4) in a pulsating battle on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open.
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Meanwhile Hillary Clinton, as a former Goldwater girl, reformed feminist, and globe-trotting diplomat who barely fended off a populist insurrection in her own party, is uniquely situated to answer the alt-Right.
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Meanwhile Hillary Clinton, as a former Goldwater girl, reformed feminist, and globe-trotting diplomat who barely fended off a populist insurrection in her own party, is uniquely situated to answer the alt-right.
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But Corbyn has fended off all of these challenges — the majority of Labour voters seem fed up with the more liberal-than-leftist approach of New Labour, and support Corbyn's more unapologetic socialism.
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K+S, which fended off a takeover approach by Potash Corp of Saskatchewan last year, stood by plans to bring a new Canadian potash mine known as Legacy on stream by end-2016.
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But Republicans fended off strong Democratic challenges to hold on to the governorships of Florida, Ohio and Iowa, maintaining their control of three states likely to be crucial in the 2020 presidential elections.
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Nadal fended off a late comeback from Daniil Medvedev to win a five-set classic at Flushing Meadows, winning a 19th slam that also took him three clear of Novak Djokovic's 16 titles.
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The 15th seed kept her 413th ranked opponent on the run with superior net play and fended off four of five break points in a gritty defensive performance in front of her supporters.
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The credit bureaus have for decades successfully fended off calls in Congress for more oversight, despite warnings about potential problems that go back to Senator William Proxmire, a Wisconsin Democrat, in the 1960s.
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After the 2008 crash, the monetary easing by central bank institutions like the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England fended off a global repeat of the Great Depression.
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Buechner's departure puts the onus on Vanlancker to deliver the higher sales and margins promised when Akzo Nobel fended off a 26.3 billion euro ($30.62 billion) bid by U.S. rival PPG Industries (PPG.
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He fended off a stiff challenge from Cormier (29-2), who held the belt for most of the past two years while Jones (23-1) dealt with self-inflicted setbacks outside the cage.
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Councilwoman Laurie A. Cumbo in Brooklyn fended off a tough challenge that centered on a contentious affordable housing proposal for a city-owned armory (she supported the plan before coming out against it).
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This is how Mitt Romney fended off late favorites like Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum in 2012, and how, in slightly more chaotic fashion, John McCain climbed out of purgatory to win in 2008.
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Kraninger, a senior official at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), fended off repeated attacks by Senate Democrats regarding her role in the policy that separated more than 2,000 children from their parents.
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The US statement lauded Iraqi efforts to keep civilians safe as it fended off mortar, sniper and drone attacks, while ISIS used human -- including child shields -- and stored weapons in hospitals, mosques and schools.
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In the past, the company has successfully fended off activist investors like Carl Icahn, who sold his stake in the company in 2016 after failing to push Apple to return more cash to investors.
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SHANGHAI, Aug 23 (Reuters) - China's Meituan Dianping , an online food delivery-to-ticketing firm, reported a bigger-than-expected rise in quarterly revenue as it fended off competition from rivals including Alibaba-backed Ele.me.
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Cohn would also become a mentor to Donald Trump, as the budding real estate magnate entered the upper ranks of Manhattan high society and fended off government allegations that his apartments excluded black people.
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The oil industry and a big utility fended off three ballot initiatives that would have been bad for their businesses after pouring millions of dollars into separate efforts across a trio of Western states.
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At first, you have a skinny nerdy guy who just wanted to sell us books over the computer, and fended off lawsuits by mega-retailers like Barnes & Noble and Wal-Mart for the privilege.
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Taj Gibson and Robin Lopez each had 12 for the Bulls, who led by as much as 18 points in the third quarter and fended off strong San Antonio comeback attempt in the fourth.
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Democrats also fended off potential cuts to women's healthcare provider Planned Parenthood, while House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi applauded a nearly $2 billion hike in funds for the National Institutes of Health this year.
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Playing its first game since moving up to the top spot in the country one day earlier, the Wildcats fended off pesky Big 5 rival La Salle 19683-79 Tuesday night at the Palestra.
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Monti's technocratic government pushed through an unpopular program of austerity and reforms, which fended off the market pressures on Italian sovereign debt that had raised 2130-year bond yields to an unbearable 22 percent.
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"Not the nuclear deal but national heroes like Soleimani ... have fended off military threats against Iran," he said, referring to Rouhani's remarks that the nuclear agreement had eliminated threats of military strike against Iran.
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Mr. Trump, who has personally fended off accusations of sexual misconduct with aggressive denials, praised Judge Kavanaugh's forceful testimony as a "powerful, honest, and riveting" performance that "showed America exactly why I nominated him."
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Last year, when Ms. Ardern was seen wearing a band on her ring finger, she fended off speculation that she had gotten engaged, saying the ring was on that finger because of skin irritation.
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In the end, Koepka, who was tied with Johnson and Xander Schauffele at the Masters, was able to claim his second Wanamaker Trophy because he fended off his good friend and regular training partner.
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In a year when Austria, the Netherlands and France have fended off populist challenges at elections, political tension in Spain - where a minority government is in power - had fallen off euro zone investors' radar.
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She fended off criminal charges, got Kevin into a "housing first" program for aid, and helped him sign up into a jobs program where he learned to become a peer-to-peer support specialist.
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Cordray fended off attacks from Kucinich that he was insufficiently anti-gun, while tying himself closely to President Obama, for whom he had served as the first official head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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While Pomeroy's backing provides a key boost for their plan, the move could still face stiff resistance from CSX, which successfully fended off an activist attempt from TCI Management and 21G Capital Partners in 2008.
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Trump made his self-funding a selling point early in his campaign as he fended off 16 Republican rivals for the party nomination, arguing that by eschewing big donors he wasn't beholden to special interests.
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Sean Kilpatrick made a pair of 3-point baskets in the final four minutes as the Chicago Bulls fended off the visiting Charlotte Hornets for a 120-114 victory Tuesday night at the United Center.
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As does the focus on crazy new gadgets: within an hour of playing I was flying around using a helicopter add-on for Clank, while Ratchet fended off lizard creatures using a space-age flamethrower.
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Nebraska holds off Arkansas State 2415-263 Tre Bryant rushed for 299 yards and a touchdown as Nebraska fended off pesky Arkansas State to win a 222-27 nailbiter on Saturday night in Lincoln, Neb.
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Britain has long fended off attempts by Brussels to step up EU-level supervision of London, by far Europe's biggest financial center, but it will have no say over EU policy after Brexit in 2019.
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At its annual shareholder meeting two months ago, Procter & Gamble said its preliminary count of proxy votes showed that it had fended off an effort by Mr. Peltz to win a seat on its board.
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Allegations of flip-flopping In the interviews, Dershowitz fended off accusations of flip-flopping, after old footage emerged of a 1998 interview on CNN where he said a crime wasn't necessary to remove a President.
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As they haggle over the details of any possible legislation, lawmakers have fended off most of the questions about their plans from reporters who stalk them through Capitol Hill hallways and stake out their negotiations.
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After the Falcon fended off its attackers and landed, Abrams popped out of the ship â€" literally, a Fortnite avatar of the famed filmmaker â€" to vamp for a little while before revealing the clip.
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"We can admit now how deeply we desire a good death, for ourselves, our friends and family; how much we resent the assumption that death must be fended off at all costs, whatever our wishes."
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Chasing down a loose puck in the left circle of the Jets' zone, Crosby fended off Blake Wheeler, spun toward the net and fed a pass to long-time left winger Chris Kunitz in the slot.
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Though it was decisively defeated (on the same day as an initiative to ban the dehorning of cows and goats was more narrowly fended off), such events make relations between Switzerland and the EU endlessly twitchy.
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The most prominent House special election to date was in Georgia's Sixth District, which Trump won by only 1 percent and where Republican Karen Handel fended off a spirited but flawed challenge from Democrat Jon Ossoff.
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The attorney general's victory means Republicans fended off the possibility of a win by Blankenship, who served a year-long prison sentence for violating mine safety standards following a deadly mine explosion that killed 29 people.
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Actelion co-founder and Chief Executive Jean-Paul Clozel has fended off previous takeover attempts, including a reported takeover approach by Shire last year and an activist campaign in 2011 by U.S. hedge fund Elliott Advisors.
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It's the latest legal victory for Amazon, which has for years fended off litigation related to product quality and safety by arguing that, for a big and growing part of its business, it's just a marketplace.
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Establishment favorite U.S. Representative Martha McSally fended off two hard-line conservatives, former state senator Kelli Ward and former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in a southwestern state that Trump won by about 4 percentage points.
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The governor has steadily escalated his rhetoric against the company recently, as the embattled provider has fended off both Mr. Cuomo's charges of malfeasance and an unrelated workers' strike that has lasted more than a year.
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Senator Tom Carper of Delaware fended off a primary challenge from his left on Thursday, easily dispatching a political newcomer, Kerri Evelyn Harris, in the latest test of strength between Democratic insurgents and the party establishment.
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Representative Dan Donovan, a New York Republican, successfully fended off a fierce challenge from his predecessor, Michael Grimm, avoiding the ignominious fate of losing re-election to a convicted tax cheat, according to The Associated Press.
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And last year, he fended off a takeover attempt by Kraft Heinz, a deal that would have been a near-term win for investors but would have set up a clash of diametrically opposed corporate cultures.
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Ms. Handel, 215, fended off Jon Ossoff, a 2240-year-old Democrat and political newcomer who emerged from obscurity to raise $2000 million from progressives across the country eager to express their anger at Mr. Trump.
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They fended off specific accusations of wrongdoing with a variety of excuses, blaming everything from shirtless on-field modesty to terrible tattoos, all of which drew howls and scowls from players on the other 29 teams.
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General Motors LLC, Ford Motor Co and FCA US LLC (Fiat Chrysler) on Tuesday fended off claims that they owe musicians royalties for music copied by in-vehicle devices that rip CDs to a hard drive.
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For Phillips -- a director principally known for "The Hangover" comedies -- who fended off criticism when the movie made its debut by saying of the concerns, "Art isn't safe," the embrace from awards bodies is surely gratifying.
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It comes comes on the heels of other similarly embarrassing incidents for the U.S. military, which has fended off accusations that it's failing to enforce its own policies designed to keep extremism out of the ranks.
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But in true honey badger fashion, the animal did not seem to care who or what was in front of him and aggressively fended off the predators, showing off his terrifyingly sharp teeth in the process.
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Harrison and Hilal could face resistance from CSX, which already has a strategy to improve its operating ratio to the mid-60s and fended off an activist attempt from TCI Management and 3G Capital Partners in 2008.
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But Mr. Sessions has also been cited by Senator Ted Cruz, Mr. Trump's main opponent in the Iowa caucuses, as he has fended off questions about his own commitment to dealing with the subject of undocumented immigrants.
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In London, it has fended off attempts by drivers of the city's famous black cabs to have the app ruled illegal, and transport bosses decided earlier this year not to impose tough new rules on the app.
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The match turned on the next game when Sharapova fended off three set points despite failing to get her first serve in before Williams converted the fourth after a long rally with a volley at the net.
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He fended off Nazem Kadri carrying the puck from in front of his bench, all the way behind the net and then came out the other side and found Wood alone in front for a slam dunk.
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Ha Na Jang of South Korea fended off a rally by Shanshan Feng of China to win by a stroke in wind and rain at the Fubon L.P.G.A. Taiwan Championship for her third victory of the year.
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Provident, which recently fended off smaller rival Non-Standard Finance's hostile takeover attempt, said it would have reported higher earnings if not for the 23.6 million pounds in costs related to the bid and other exceptional items.
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Before he had officially been announced as the new Arsenal manager, Wenger manoeuvred for Vieira to be signed as an absolute priority for the club, who duly fended off interest from Ajax to secure his coveted signature.
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BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany thought she had fended off a mutiny within her own conservative alliance after returning from marathon talks with fellow European leaders on Friday with an agreement on how to handle migration.
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The 76ers, up 92-81 after a basket by backup guard T.J. McConnell with 9:44 left, fended off a Sacramento charge to build a 102-95 lead on Covington's 3-pointer with 73:14 to play.
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The secretary of State fended off an NBC News report last month that he had called the president a "moron" after a particularly tense meeting over the summer, and had once been on the brink of resigning.
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To keep his Senate seat in the Lonestar State, Cruz fended off a fierce challenge from 39-year-old O'Rourke, the Democrat who captured national attention and raised more money than any Senate candidate in U.S. history.
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No. 9 Notre Dame 30, USC 27 Ian Book passed for 165 yards and one touchdown and rushed for 49 yards and another score as the Fighting Irish fended off the visiting Trojans' rally in South Bend, Ind.
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From there, Justify, ridden by Mike Smith, never looked back as he fended off all challengers to record a wire-to-wire victory at a foggy Preakness Stakes before winning the Belmont Stakes by 1-3/4 lengths.
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Dallas fended off a couple of Denver hot streaks, including a 35-point third quarter, but never allowed their lead to dip below eight points when it was 88-80 with 2:11 to go in third period.
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At his weekly news conference, the Wisconsin Republican fended off tough questions about false assertions the new commander in chief had made, Trump's attacks on a federal judge and his remarks that replacing ObamaCare might spill into 2018.
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He also drove Kubrick's cars, counseled his children and, one late night, fended off a plea to return to his boss's house to empty out a vacuum cleaner bag because Mr. Big could not find his wedding ring.
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And their rabid support was exactly what Trump needed, as he fended off a party establishment looking to opportunistically drop him as their nominee in the wake of his "grab them by the p---y" tape released Friday.
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PBS fended off fireworks from viewers after admitting that its broadcast of the Independence Day Show from the National Mall in Washington tried to compensate for weather-related visibility problems by intercutting footage of pyrotechnics from previous years.
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He can rattle off sly observations like "I don't do the music distribution ain't important when your fans come pack out all your shows" with a conviction that assures you he's fended off a few music industry vultures.
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Of course, tech companies long have tapped their well-stocked public-relations shops to declare war on their rivals — think Microsoft's legendary battle with Google as the search giant fended off an antitrust probe by the U.S. government.
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The men in the story exist to be fooled with, fended off, or duped: the same rules of engagement that apply in screwball comedy, though the setting is the English court at the start of the eighteenth century.
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Economic Scene In August, real estate agents in Texas fended off a company's demands for royalty payments for a feature of many websites: the ability to show prospective home buyers where local schools, parks and grocery stores are.
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"I don't understand why women are afraid to get the help they need," said Crystal Walls, 60, a waitress in Southaven, who said she had fended off abuse herself and said her daughter had been raped and beaten.
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In Orlando, Representative Darren Soto, the first Puerto Rican elected to Congress from Florida, fended off a Democratic primary challenge from former Representative Alan Grayson, a liberal firebrand who has struggled in his attempt to return to Washington.
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Mora's second and third teams tied the modest school record with 10 wins, and he fended off apparent interest from Texas and N.F.L. teams to stay at U.C.L.A. But the Bruins declined sharply in the past two seasons.
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The culture minister, Piotr Glinski, wants to subsume the museum within a planned institution devoted to the Battle of Westerplatte, the first battle of the war in September 1939, when Polish forces fended off the Nazis before surrendering.
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Northam has fended off calls to resign after a racist photo from his 1984 medical school yearbook page went public earlier this month and he admitted to once darkening his face to resemble Michael Jackson in the '274s.
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Reid Travis scored 14 points, including a pair of clutch free throws, as No. 2 seed Kentucky fended off No. 7 Wofford 62-56 in an NCAA Tournament Midwest Region second-round game Saturday afternoon in Jacksonville, Fla.
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House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) barely fended off a Tea Party-backed primary challenge on Tuesday after a campaign focused on allegations that he has a conflict of interest because he's dating an airline lobbyist.
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Panarin finished with two goals, including the winner off a feed from Patrick Kane as the Blackhawks fended off the Penguins, who rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the third behind goals from Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang.
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Sharapova remains kryptonite to most of the world's tennis players, and she fended off the talented Swiss 18-year-old Belinda Bencic in a 63-5, 7-5 victory in the fourth round of the Australian Open on Sunday.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The chief executive of Akzo Nobel, Ton Buechner, has stepped down for health reasons, leaving his successor to deliver the higher sales and margins promised when the Dutch paintmaker fended off a U.S. takeover attempt this year.
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Junior forward James Webb III had 211 points and nine rebounds and Boise State fended off a tenacious second-half rally from Colorado State before recording an 282-278 victory on Saturday in Mountain West play at Boise, Idaho.
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AT THE height of the euro crisis, with government-bond yields soaring in several southern European countries and defaults looming, the European Central Bank and the healthier members of the currency club fended off disaster by offering bail-outs.
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Tsonga was up 1-0 and 0-40 in Game 2 of the second set, but Khachanov scored five straight points — then fended off another 0-40 hole on serve later in the set — to win the second set.
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It was immaculately conceived after Zionist leaders accepted the U.N.'s partition plan in 1947, and then fended off massive Arab attacks while demonstrating nothing but goodwill to the Palestinians living in what would become the new Jewish state.
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That institution is dedicated to the Battle of Westerplatte, the first battle of the war in September 222.4, when Polish forces fended off the Nazis before surrendering — an event he regards as more symbolic of heroic Polish self-defense.
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That was when the Coca-Cola Company fended off the unexpected negative reaction to the sweeter, smoother version of its flagship beverage, a reaction that included boycotts, letter-writing campaigns and thousands of phone calls to its Atlanta headquarters.
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The strategy had mixed success — Obama did sign on to major spending cuts to raise the debt ceiling in 2011, but he successfully fended off Republicans' efforts to demand government funding bills that would have defunded Obamacare in 2013.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - Brooks Koepka will become world number one for the first time on Monday after the American fended off a game Gary Woodland to earn a four-stroke victory at the PGA Tour's CJ Cup in South Korea.
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"Fashion is to France what the gold mines of Peru are to Spain" is the well-known comment by Louis XIV's finance minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who first organized craft workers into strictly regulated guilds that fended off imports.
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Having fended off competition from far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, Macron's election manifesto and presidency so far have been characterized by a pro-business approach to reform and a renewed push for euro zone reform and closer integration.
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In an incident that became central to Mr. Magowan's tenure at Safeway, he fended off a hostile takeover bid in 1986 from the Dart Group Corporation by agreeing to a $4.25 billion leveraged buyout from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company.
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Although Hyundai fended off the threat from Elliott at the closely watched vote, it still faces a daunting challenge of winning shareholder support for a planned restructuring that should aid the handover of the group's reins to heir apparent Euisun Chung.
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The Federal Communications Commission fended off another challenge to its net neutrality repeal on Thursday when the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said it wouldn't reconsider a petition by net neutrality advocates to reverse the repeal.
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I wrote the book hoping to fend it off, and I believe it will be fended off: America is very diverse, a lot of people have been jolted out of political slumber and are paying attention, and the Constitution still stands.
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Additionally, Mr. Christie fended off questions from "Face the Nation" host John Dickerson about his quote from a years-old news article about donating to Planned Parenthood, a point that Mr. Rubio has used to criticize him in recent weeks.
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But more than the flickering prospect of Republican insurrection, it was the long -- and successful -- struggle to save Obama's Affordable Care Act that has invigorated liberal activists, who fended off Trump and Congressional Republicans to save the law against all odds.
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Carney fended off criticism from some lawmakers that the Bank moved too aggressively to help Britain's economy through the Brexit shock in early August when it cut interest rates, expanded its bond-buying programme and took other measures to ease lending.
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Young pours in 212 as Oklahoma tops North Texas Trae Young continued a torrid pace to begin his career as Oklahoma fended off an evenly matched North Texas 254.2-250 on Thursday night at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla.
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Having recently fended off a hostile takeover from Gannett, the publisher of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times today united under a proud new banner — one that looks similar to, but is legally distinct from, the popular film Tron.
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As the speaker of the lower house of Congress who oversaw the vote in April to impeach Ms. Rousseff in the Chamber of Deputies, Mr. Cunha had adroitly fended off charges of taking as much as $40 million in bribes.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has fended off growing calls for more fiscal stimulus by citing the slow outflow of existing federal funds - but data suggests the money is indeed being used up as local authority bottlenecks gradually clear.
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Provident, which recently fended off smaller rival Non-Standard Finance's hostile takeover attempt, said it would have reported a 76.9% jump in profit if not for the 23.6 million pounds in costs related to the bid and other exceptional items.
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" Nelson fended off the attack, which allegedly ended with her being kicked out of the car and told, "You're just a child and I am the district attorney ... if you tell anyone about this, no one will ever believe you.
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Murray will meet his Melbourne Park nemesis Novak Djokovic for a fourth time in the title-decider, having fended off an injury-hampered Raonic 4-6 7-5 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 at a floodlit Rod Laver Arena.
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A month ago at its annual shareholder meeting in Cincinnati, Procter & Gamble announced that its preliminary count of proxy votes showed that it had fended off an effort by the activist investor Nelson Peltz to win a seat on its board.
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They included lawmakers like Sherwood Boehlert, who served in Congress for 24 years, and more recently, Richard L. Hanna, who fended off a primary challenge from Ms. Tenney in 2014 and then chose not to run for re-election in 2016.
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It took four match points and 2 hours 22 minutes before Ashleigh Barty fended off the 203 champion, Maria Sharapova, 4-6, 6-21, 224-211 to reach the singles quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event for the first time.
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WASHINGTON — As a 12-year-old refugee from Somalia adjusting to life in the Virginia suburbs, Ilhan Omar fended off bullies who stuck gum on her scarf, knocked her down stairs and jumped her when she changed clothes for gym class.
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Also in Colorado, veteran Representative Diana DeGette, a Democrat, easily fended off a spirited challenge on her left from Saira Rao, an Indian-American book publisher who has complained that her party has not done enough to support candidates of color.
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With Republicans controlling the White House, both chambers of Congress and having successfully fended off Democratic challenges in four special elections this year, the party is enjoying a dominance not seen for decades and has left the Democrats divided and demoralized.
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Lyft is planning to cut jobs and restructure teams, in news first reported by the New York TimesSince its debut on the public market last April, Lyft has fended off investor concerns and questions on its ability to turn a profit.
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Provident, which fended off a takeover attempt by smaller rival Non-Standard Finance last year, added that its consumer credit business also delivered results in line with its plans, helping it forecast 2019 to be in line with market expectations.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Napheesa Collier fended off fierce competition to become the WNBA's Rookie of the Year on Monday, with the Minnesota Lynx standout capping a prolific season in which she logged 444 regular season points with an early-career accolade.
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Dana Rohrabacher has fended off challengers before but this time around he's facing one of the toughest battles of his political life against businessman Harley Rouda, a Democrat, as the two are running in a virtual tie in the polls.
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EditorsNote: Added Perry's 1st name in 2nd graf; Removed Perry's 1st name in 6th graf In a clash of surging SEC squads, Mississippi State fended off multiple South Carolina rallies to earn a 79-2 victory Wednesday night in Starkville, Miss.
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But Schrems' other case has so far been fended off by Facebook in Austrian courts due to procedural concerns, questioning Schrems' status as a private Facebook consumer and whether the 25,000 plaintiffs were legally allowed to confer their rights on him.
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When nearly 15,000 people gathered in downtown Baltimore over the weekend to watch a championship boxing match, the crowd favorite was not in doubt: Gervonta Davis, a Baltimorean who easily fended off the blows of an out-of-town opponent.
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FRENCHMAN TAKES LYON OPENER Fifth-seeded Gilles Simon of France fended off seven of eight break points to get past Daniil Medvedev of Russia, 20-25, 21-43 (24), 214-27, and reach the second round at the Lyon Open.
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And South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who has rocketed to the top of Iowa polls in recent weeks, fended off Klobuchar's characterization of him as merely a "local official" and questions about his virtually nonexistent support from African Americans.
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Actelion co-founder and Chief Executive Jean-Paul Clozel has fended off previous attempts to wrest the Swiss firm from him, including a reported takeover approach by Shire last year and an activist campaign in 2011 by U.S. hedge fund Elliott Advisors.
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Legislation helping Puerto Rico dig out of its $70 billion debt crisis is set for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday after a House panel fended off attempts to open the bill to a series of controversial amendments.
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TOLUCA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's ruling party fended off a leftist challenger in a major state election seen as a test run for a presidential vote next year, propelling the country's peso currency to its strongest level since U.S. President Donald Trump was elected.
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Carney fended off criticism from some lawmakers that the Bank moved too aggressively to help Britain's economy through the Brexit vote shock in early August when it cut interest rates, expanded its bond-buying programme and took other measures to ease lending.
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BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Naval boats fended off attacks by rebels on Lake Tanganyika in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday as heavy fighting spread close to the lakeside city of Uvira, sources in the area said.
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So messages from the body continued to reach the gene and tell it to turn on and produce more B.D.N.F. Perhaps most remarkably, the researchers also found a particular substance in the runners' brains that fended off the action of these obstructionist molecules.
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U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders stood side by side on the first night of the second Democratic presidential debate as they fended off criticism from more moderate rivals competing for the party's nomination to take on Trump in the 2020 election.
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The sequence of events this week provoked anger and despair, dealing blows both to law enforcement and to peaceful critics of the police, who have fended off claims that the outcry over police shootings foments violence and puts officers' lives in danger.
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EditorsNote: Minor edits for clarity Reid Travis scored 14 points, including a pair of clutch free throws, as No. 2 seed Kentucky fended off No. 7 Wofford 62-56 in an NCAA Tournament Midwest Region second-round game Saturday afternoon in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Yet the departure of Mr. Cohn, a free-trade-oriented Democrat who fended off a number of nationalist-minded policies during his year in the Trump administration, could have a ripple effect on the president's economic decisions and on the financial industry.
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On Long Island, Representative Lee M. Zeldin fended off an aggressive challenge from Perry Gershon, 56, a former real estate lender who jumped into politics after growing alarmed by what he called Mr. Trump's belittling of the press, of immigrants and of science.
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She went on to appear in "Pillow Talk" (1959), "Lover Come Back" (19853) and "That Touch of Mink" (1962), fast-paced comedies in which she fended off the advances of Rock Hudson (in the first two films) and Cary Grant (in the third).
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's Kei Nishikori fended off Bradley Klahn 303-2 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the U.S. Open second round on Wednesday as the 2014 Flushing Meadows runner-up continued his bid for a first Grand Slam title.
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Mr. Sessions fended off demands that he resign but agreed to recuse himself from what may be the most important investigation his Justice Department is conducting: of Russian meddling in the election and whether any of Mr. Trump's associates colluded in those efforts.
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The key is that in recent years moderates who've successfully fended off the left wing of the Democratic Party have done so with the support of black and Latino voters, who tend to be more moderate on the whole than white Democrats.
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Matt Duchene, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Cam Atkinson scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky fended off a desperate third-period charge to finish with 30 saves for the Blue Jackets, who can win a playoff series for the first time in franchise history on Tuesday night.
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In condemning anti-Semitism, all three men singled out Representative Ilhan Omar, the freshman Democrat from Minnesota and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, who for weeks has fended off accusations of anti-Semitism over comments critical of Israel.
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Citi Open Svetlana Kuznetsova fended off four match points before winning the second set in a tiebreaker, then rolled in the third set to top Donna Vekic of Croatia to win 22-233, 22016-20043 (22004), 22009-22014 and take the championship in Washington.
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BEIJING, Jan 21 (Reuters) - China must maintain its high alert to "black swan" events while "grey rhino" events must be fended off, the country's President Xi Jinping said on Monday, adding that the economy faces deep and complicated changes, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
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Camped on a red brick sidewalk under a plastic tarp, Ms. Picciotto, a diminutive, weather-beaten Spanish immigrant and transplanted New Yorker, became a familiar sight to passers-by and tourists as she denounced nuclear weaponry and fended off those who dismissed her as daft.
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Europe's mainstream political parties breathed a huge sigh of relief on Thursday after Dutch center-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte successfully fended off a serious challenge from Geert Wilder's far-right nationalists, yet the momentum for populist parties does not appear to have significantly wavered.
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The price vindicates the strategy of cardiologist Jean-Paul Clozel, who co-founded the company with his pediatrician wife Martine and friends in 1997, and has fended off bids over the years in the belief he could increase Actelion's value by keeping it independent.
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The price vindicates the strategy of cardiologist Jean-Paul Clozel, who co-founded the company with his paediatrician wife Martine and friends in 1997, and has fended off bids over the years in the belief he could increase Actelion's value by keeping it independent.
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Jon TesterJonathan (Jon) TesterNative American advocates question 2020 Democrats' commitment House Democrats targeting six more Trump districts for 2020 Budget deal sparks scramble to prevent shutdown MORE (Mont.) fended off a tough challenge that took a prime GOP pick-up opportunity off the table.
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This kind of downplaying has previously worked for Trump, who successfully, at least politically, fended off concerns about his handling of Hurricane Maria, the opioid epidemic, and a host of self-inflicted crises, from his travel ban to the crisis at the US-Mexico border.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation helping Puerto Rico dig out of its $70 billion debt crisis is set for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday after a House panel fended off attempts to open the bill to a series of controversial amendments.
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Richard Basciano, who fended off decades of legal challenges to preserve Show World as the last outpost of his vast New York pornographic empire, allowing him to reign for a time as the only surviving Times Square sultan of smut, died on Monday in Manhattan.
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"We watched them steal this election," Mr. Phillips said to Breitbart News in 2014, accusing Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi of foul play after the veteran Republican incumbent fended off a Tea Party primary challenge, thanks in part to support from the state's black voters.
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Most of their fighting is done in a war within the war: in the "Bihac pocket", Bosniaks not only fended off the Serbs but battled a cultish, Serb-backed Bosniak splinter force led by a man who had previously run a huge agricultural concern.
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Having fended off the ruling party's move to end its independence, the SFO and government have begun talks about how it is funded and whether its core annual budget of roughly 35 million pounds ($50 million) needs to be increased, Green has told Reuters.
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Mr. Trump has fended off criticism that his business dealings around the world create conflicts of interest in his official role, and he has put his adult sons in charge of his businesses rather than sell his assets or put them into a blind trust.
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The White House is reportedly working on a memorandum for President Donald Trump to sign that would direct government agencies to "thoroughly investigate" big tech companies like Google and Facebook, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, who have fended off accusations of political bias against conservatives.
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Instead, just one aid truck made it through on Saturday, the deadline set by the opposition to end the impasse, and Mr. Maduro easily fended off the biggest challenge to his power since Mr. Guaidó swore himself in as the country's rightful leader last month.
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Beijing has also fended off criticism it is only interested in resource extraction to feed its own booming economy, that the projects it funds have poor environmental safeguards, and that too many of the workers for them are flown in from China rather than using African labor.
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KASSEL, Germany, May 11 (Reuters) - German potash miner K+S , which last year fended off a takeover approach by larger rival Potash Corp, is ready to increase its capital to make it easier for a potential anchor investor to take a stake, its chief executive said.
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Dorrance's grandchildren Mary Alice Malone, who raises horses in Pennsylvania, and her brother Bennett Dorrance, a real estate developer in Arizona, have fended off periodic calls over three decades for the company to sell itself, and have shown no sign of changing their minds this year.
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EditorsNote: Fixes typo in sixth graph Anze Kopitar scored on the power play early in the third period and the visiting Los Angeles Kings fended off the Winnipeg Jets for a 24-216 victory Tuesday night to win consecutive games for the first time this season.
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Tom Carper won the party's nomination Thursday night as he seeks a fourth term, reports the AP. Why it matters: He fended off community activist and progressive challenger Kerri Evelyn Harris, who sought to become the latest candidate to topple an incumbent amid a liberal insurgency.
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But the implications are huge - further media reports that Berlin might take on new debt lifted bond yields worldwide on Friday, boosted stocks and expectations of future euro zone inflation, although German Chancellor Angela Merkel has so far fended off the calls for more fiscal stimulus.
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Actelion's co-founder and Chief Executive Jean-Paul Clozel has fended off previous attempts to take over the Swiss firm, rejecting approaches by U.S. and European rivals as well as resisting pressure from U.S. activist hedge fund Elliott Advisors to find a buyer five years ago.
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DENVER (Reuters) - A 31-year-old man who fended off and suffocated a mountain lion when it attacked him on a Colorado jogging trail last week described on Thursday how he killed the big cat by stepping on its throat during a life-and-death struggle.
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Tom CarperThomas (Tom) Richard CarperAmerica is in desperate need of infrastructure investment: Senate highway bill a step in the right direction FARA should apply to Confucius Institutes The 2628 Republicans who opposed Trump-backed budget deal MORE (D) fended off a challenger from the left in Delaware.
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Federer will hope to profit as he bids for his 24th grand slam title, as will his compatriot and 240 champion Stan Wawrinka, who is in the same half of the draw and fended off Andreas Seppi 21997-236(26) 23-53(25) 5-22009(4).
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Darren SotoDarren Michael SotoHouse passes temporary immigration protections for Venezuelans House fails to pass temporary immigration protections for Venezuelans Former state House candidate says she made up story about removing 77 bullets from Pulse shooting victims MORE (D-Fla.), who fended off a primary challenge, and Cuomo.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan fired the powerful governor of Balkh Province on Monday, ousting an official who had held sway over a northern economic powerhouse for 13 years and who had amassed great wealth even as he fended off previous attempts to unseat him.
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Money to the Center for American Progress from the personal foundation of the Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg surged to $19903,21990 in 23 from $2000,000 in 2017, while Facebook fended off scrutiny for mishandling users' personal data, fueling violence and providing a platform for Russian election interference.
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That went as well as Brazil could have expected: they got the goal they wanted, they fended off every Serbian corner, and, as it stands, they're positioned to go through tonight, The only downside, and it could be big, was Marcelo limping off after 10 minutes.
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"How stunning, and how horrible, that Trump cannot bring himself to shake the hand of a small boy who only wanted to touch the President," wrote the author, a canny Twitter user who has adeptly fended off critics with the aplomb of a Hogwarts magic spell.
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Once, when I was on urgent deadline, I fended off one question after another, around a dozen in all, from a teenager in the Midwest — he better have been a teenager — about an item I knew had a limited audience and was therefore eager to unload.
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A former chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, he fended off several Republican efforts to defund the department and worked to expand veterans' benefits: As a result, there was already a contingent of veteran support for him in the run-up to the 2016 election.
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The fact that Netanyahu fended off a Likud veteran, former interior and education minister Gideon Saar, by more than 40 points is likely to reinvigorate Netanyahu's campaigning efforts and allow him to allay concerns among his supporters that the indictment spells the end of his political career.
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Toby Williamson, the CEO of Fishmongers&apos Hall, spoke about the attack on the BBC&aposs flagship TV breakfast show, "BBC Breakfast," on Monday, praising an employee identified as Lucasz who he said fended off Usman Khan, 28, with a narwhal tusk and allowed others to escape.
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In the closing days of the primary, she fended off a late surge of attack ads from Katz, a former city council member with ties to the real estate industry, a powerful New York City political player that is facing a rising backlash from Democratic voters and lawmakers.
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But the implications are huge - further media reports that Berlin might take on new debt lifted bond yields worldwide on Friday, boosted stocks and expectations of future euro zone inflation EUIL5YF5Y=R, although German Chancellor Angela Merkel has so far fended off the calls for more fiscal stimulus.
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"You've fended off most questions of substance," Durbin noted, explaining why Democrats have focused on the nominee's written opinions, such as a dissent splitting with colleagues on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals over a truck driver who was fired for trying to escape life-threatening, sub-zero conditions.
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The Wizards rallied from a 27-point deficit late in the first half to take the lead late in the third quarter and fended off the Knicks in the fourth quarter to win for the seventh time in nine games since John Wall went down with a knee injury.
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John CarterJohn Rice CarterDemocrats keen to take on Cornyn despite formidable challenges Texas Democratic Senate candidate says she does not support Green New Deal Population shifts set up huge House battleground MORE (R) fended off a well-financed Democrat to hold his seat along Interstate 35 by three points.
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That rivalry was renewed on Saturday when second-ranked Ohio State (22-23), playing at home, defeated third-ranked Michigan (28-2), 30-27, in two overtimes in the most consequential iteration of the annual game since 2006, when Tressel's top-ranked Buckeyes fended off the second-ranked Wolverines.
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The senator, a Cuban-American conservative, fended off a forceful challenge by Representative Patrick Murphy, 260, a Democrat who consistently portrayed Mr. Rubio as an absentee lawmaker with misplaced allegiances — first to the presidency instead of to his job, and then to Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee.
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His Democratic opponent Dan Feehan — an army combat veteran who became a schoolteacher and then a high-ranking Pentagon official under President Obama — has fended off false attacks that he favors "open borders," when he has only said he supports a path to citizenship for those living here already.
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Although he fended off a market attack on the rupee early in his tenure, bankers, economists and his former colleagues said he was relatively slow to grasp how liquidity flows through the economy and how to fine tune it to meet his primary policy goal of taming inflation.
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Vox's Matt Yglesias laid out the issue: The key is that in recent years, moderates who've successfully fended off the left wing of the Democratic Party have done so with the support of black and Latino voters, who tend to be more moderate on the whole than white Democrats.
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For years, the N.F.L. has successfully fended off suits brought by former players using a number of legal strategies, including an argument that disputes between players and the league are governed by the collective bargaining agreement, not the courts, and that an arbitrator, not a judge, should settle them.
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It fended off antitrust concerns around the globe over its intellectual property strategies, taking the biggest share of wireless royalties in the 3G and 4G eras and getting a head start on next decade's 5G era, which promises to embed wireless connections in cars, factories, homes and cities.
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On night one, the two top-tier progressives, Warren and Sanders, easily fended off a barrage from long-shot contenders who saw the debate as their best chance to build the momentum it will take to reach the higher fundraising and polling thresholds to qualify for future debates.
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Having fended off reported approaches by Shire in 21.0139 and hedge fund Elliott Advisors in 2011, Clozel, a French-born cardiologist, has repeatedly asserted his desire to go it alone, with his three main PAH drugs and with pipeline medicines he hopes will create a broad-based biotech company.
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In 1972, similar to today, the economy was strong, Pierre Trudeau had successfully led the country through the October Crisis, became one of the first Western leaders to recognize the People's Republic of China and had fended off a potentially devastating trade war launched by President Richard Nixon.
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EditorsNote: Edit 1: Recast 10th graf and split it, other fixes Ian Book passed for 165 yards and one touchdown and rushed for 49 yards and another score as No. 9 Notre Dame fended off visiting USC's rally for a 30-753 win Saturday night in South Bend, Ind.
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She slogged through a grueling climb in the polls, suffered a personal tragedy just last month, then fended off a late and unexpected negative attack — all for the chance to compete against an incumbent Republican, Representative Andy Barr, who won his last re-election race by 22 percentage points.
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As lawmakers bustled across the Capitol, they fended off questions about a number of politically charged topics, including the latest nominees to the cabinet, a judicial nominee who was running into fierce Democratic questioning and, most pressing, whether the government would still be open in little over a week.
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Masvidal's left thigh was a purple memento of all the kicks Cerrone slammed into it, but Masvidal fended off Cerrone's takedown attempt, landed shots inside the pocket and, seconds from the end of the first round, dropped Cerrone and followed up with what should have been fight-ending punches.
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Du Plessis, chairman since 2009, has led Rio Tinto through a volatile period, as it scrambled to pay down $39 billion in debt from its Alcan takeover, scrapped a controversial tie-up with China's Chinalco, sacked a chief executive after over-priced acquisitions and fended off a bid from Glencore.
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Roberts narrowly fended off a Tea Party challenge in 2014, and in the 2018 midterms, the Republican candidate for the top statewide race for governor was Kris Kobach, a right-wing anti-immigration hardliner who came under scrutiny for ties to white supremacist groups and had President Donald Trump's endorsement.
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WASHINGTON — The former Arizona state senator Debbie Lesko fended off an unusually strong Democratic challenge to win a special congressional election on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, demonstrating the resilience of the Republican base but also the eagerness of liberals to compete in even the most heavily conservative districts.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Stan Wawrinka's hopes of a second Australian Open title were delivered a huge boost on Sunday as he fended off Andreas Seppi 7-6(2) 7-6(4) 7-6(4) to reach the quarter-finals only minutes after top seed Andy Murray crashed out of the tournament.
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GOP officials in Washington breathed a sigh of relief after their candidate, Karen Handel, fended off Democrat Jon Ossoff in a Georgia runoff election Tuesday night — a race that Democrats had poured tens of millions of dollars into and billed as a referendum on the unpopular president and his policies.
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Earlier on Wednesday, Barr spent more than four hours before the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee where he fended off Democratic criticism of his decision to clear Trump of criminal obstruction of justice and faulted Special Counsel Robert Mueller for not reaching a conclusion of his own on the issue.
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More importantly, in close statewide races in the South where Republicans fended off Democratic challengers — like the Senate races in Tennessee and Texas (and maybe Arizona) and the governor's races in Georgia and Texas — it looks like white voters without college degrees helped secure Republican victories by beating turnout expectations.
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But by the time Mr. McManus inherited the Hell's Kitchen district leadership in 21972 and became the family patriarch, the Democratic organization had become just a vestige of the feral Tammany tiger that had fended off New York's would-be reformers and good-government groups since the mid-21983th century.
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EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt made the comments during a multi-day tour of the Midwest, as he fended off criticism from farmers and heartland lawmakers that his attempts since last year to overhaul the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) marked a betrayal of Republican President Donald Trump's promises to support rural jobs.
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Like all of us in the throes of #MeToo, I have been taking rigorous inventory of my sexual history, rolling back the tape on past highs and lows: the disturbing teenage experiences no longer chalked up to miscommunication, those times I gave in because it was easier, some unwanted advance successfully fended off.
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Osaka will play sixth-seeded Elina Svitolina, who fended off five break points in a game in the third set that went to deuce 11 times, contained 28 points and was pivotal in a momentum-swinging 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 win over Madison Keys, a United States Open finalist in 23.
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Both men fended off the overtures, which included phone calls and encrypted text messages from Mr. Manafort and a longtime associate, whom prosecutors have not named but was identified by people close to Mr. Manafort as Konstantin V. Kilimnik, a former Russian Army linguist who prosecutors claim has ties to Russian intelligence.
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WASHINGTON — Republicans narrowly averted political disaster in the West Virginia Senate primary on Tuesday with the defeat of former coal executive Don Blankenship while mainstream Democrats fended off a liberal insurgent in the Ohio governor's race, bringing relief to the establishment of both parties on a day of elections in four states.
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Mississippi State overcomes slow start, routs La. Tech Mississippi State fended off an early scare from Louisiana Tech before sailing to a 214-276 victory on Saturday in Ruston, La. Louisiana Tech (244-2111) jumped out to a 2107-262 first quarter lead and appeared to have Mississippi State (93-29) on the ropes.
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Seton Hall beats Providence in overtime Myles Powell hit the game-winning layup with less than 10 seconds left as Seton Hall fended off Providence 214-238.5 in overtime Wednesday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Powell's bucket with eight seconds left was the deciding score in a back-and-forth overtime battle.
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Reggie Gallaspy scored his fifth touchdown on a 1-yard run in overtime as North Carolina State fended off host North Carolina 34-28 on Saturday afternoon in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina opened overtime with a missed field goal attempt before the Wolfpack drove 25 yards in seven plays to avoid an upset.
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And when Trump's now-infamous "Access Hollywood" tape surfaced and his candidacy appeared on the verge of collapse weeks before Election Day, it was Priebus who fended off calls by party leaders to dump Trump, arguing that doing so would be harmful to down-ballot candidates and put GOP control of Congress at risk.
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At the same time, the lifelong Republican fended off months of attacks from Trump's GOP allies about his handling of the Russia investigation, frequently dealing with squabbles over access to classified documents and other rarely shared materials -- all of which culminated in a small but vocal group of lawmakers laying the initial steps for his impeachment last year.
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Earlier this month, 29-year-old Alex Lovell had to "Wing Chun [his] way to survival" after his jealous girlfriend allegedly tried to hack him to death with a samurai sword—an attack he says he fended off thanks to his martial arts training and love of kung fu movies, Lovell told Oregon Live this week.
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Aaron Harvey, a San Diego resident and activist who successfully fended off charges of gang conspiracy from the local prosecutor that could have landed him in prison for over a decade, has since become a prominent California activist pushing back against the state's gang laws, which are the oldest and most severe in the United States.
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And while it's still possible not much will come of any of this — Facebook has successfully fended off investigations and angry shareholders in the past — the fact that Zuckerberg is being called out so publicly suggests the CEO's reputation could ultimately take a significant hit that even Facebook's massive PR machine won't be able to repair.
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Robert F. Drinan of Massachusetts, the first Roman Catholic priest elected as a voting member of Congress, in 1970; Mayor Kevin H. White of Boston, who fended off a challenge in 1971 from the school busing opponent Louise Day Hicks; and Joseph R. Biden Jr., who won an upset election to the United States Senate from Delaware in 1972.
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Mr. Edison, who in September declared "I love the Christians," turned sharply against them after the armed standoff in Oregon, calling for a database to track Christians in America and repeating discredited rumors that thousands of Christians celebrated in Nevada after a similar group of Christian gunmen fended off federal agents in an armed standoff at a ranch.
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White House Memo WASHINGTON — President Trump's mood went from feisty to self-pitying to deflated on Wednesday as he fended off questions about a July phone call in which he urged the president of Ukraine to work with Attorney General William P. Barr on potential corruption investigations connected to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., a Democratic rival.
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It offers a detailed narrative of Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine, outlining how the president and his associates tried to compel the new Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to announce investigations into Trump's domestic political rivals by withholding a White House meeting and nearly $400 million in aid seen as critical as leaders in Kyiv fended off Russian aggression.
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Noah Gurley scored 17 points, and No. 23 Furman fended off several challenges for a 77-53 victory over visiting Charleston Southern on Tuesday night in Greenville, S.C. Alex Hunter and reserve Andrew Brown, who each made four 3-point baskets, finished with 16 points apiece as the Paladins (11-0) continued the best start to a season in school history.
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Christen Cunningham scored nine of his 17 points on free throws as No. 23 Louisville fended off several rallies from No. 21 North Carolina State to win 84-77 Thursday night at Louisville, Ky. Several times it appeared Louisville, which has won four games in a row, might be in position to pull away before the Wolfpack posted a mini-scoring burst.
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Rep. Brian MastBrian Jeffrey MastThe 9 House Republicans who support background checks Two cats visit Capitol Hill to thank lawmakers who helped end 'kitten slaughterhouse' Buzz Aldrin marks launch of Apollo 11 mission to the moon MORE fended off two opponents to win his Republican House primary on Tuesday, teeing up a race against Democrat Lauren Baer in Florida's 18th District.
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Jordan Staal, falling to the ice in front of the net, scored the go-ahead goal in the third period as the Carolina Hurricanes fended off elimination by defeating the visiting Washington Capitals 5-2 in Game 6 on Monday night at Raleigh, N.C. The result sends the first-round Eastern Conference playoff series to a decisive seventh game, Wednesday in Washington.
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EditorsNote: adds to fifth graf; fixes to "53-69" in 11th graf Luke Maye scored 21 points, and No. 12 North Carolina fended off several rallies from No. 15 North Carolina State to win an intra-state showdown 90-82 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C. All five North Carolina starters scored in double figures, helping the Tar Heels overcome 23 turnovers.
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In the department's headquarters a block from the White House, political appointees who worked in the Trump campaign forced career officials out of key positions; inexperienced newcomers published an erroneous report about thousands of military suicides that never happened; and the department's top technology official fended off calls from Congress to resign over his ties to Cambridge Analytica, the voter-profiling company.
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As violence in Afghanistan ticked up and the Afghan government rejected the prisoner swap, Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoCarson on coronavirus: Task force is not 'sugarcoating' messaging Melania Trump at State award ceremony: I'm 'proud of what this country continues to do for women' House Republicans sound the alarm on Taliban deal MORE fended off criticism of the deal.
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Bernie SandersBernie SandersWarren to protest with striking Chicago teachers Sanders: 'Outrageous' to suggest Gabbard 'is a foreign asset' Democratic strategist: Sanders seeking distance from Warren could 'backfire' MORE (D-Vt.) at his presidential campaign rally in New York City launched thousands of Facebook posts; and Warren calmly fended off attacks from eleven of her opponents in a nationally televised Democratic presidential debate.
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While the rest of the world saw Islam Karimov as one of the most repressive rulers to emerge from the breakup of the Soviet Union, to many Uzbeks the Soviet-era Communist leader became the father of their nation, who led the country to independence and then fended off the Russian domination that plagued its other neighbors in Central Asia.
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Sen. Tina SmithTina Flint SmithReid says he wishes Franken would run for Senate again Senate Democrats introduce bill to combat foreign influence campaigns Durbin says he has second thoughts about asking for Franken's resignation MORE (D-Minn.) fended off a primary challenge from Richard Painter on Tuesday, setting her up for a special election bid to defend the Senate seat she has held since January.
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Joe Barton, Sam JohnsonSamuel (Sam) Robert JohnsonLobbying world Social Security is approaching crisis territory Texas New Members 2019 MORE, John Culberson and Louie GohmertLouis (Louie) Buller GohmertLouie Gohmert's exchange with Robert Mueller revealed an uneasy relationship Conservatives call on Pelosi to cancel August recess Mueller will be remembered for his weak testimony, not his shocking report MORE also easily fended off their GOP opponents.
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No. 23 Louisville 84, No. 21 North Carolina State 77 Christen Cunningham scored nine of his 17 points on free throws as the Cardinals fended off several rallies from the Wolfpack to win at Louisville, Ky. Malik Williams had 14 points, Jordan Nwora added 153 and Dwayne Sutton and reserve Steven Enoch each notched 10 points for Louisville (14-5, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).
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Having already fended off McDonnell Douglas and Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and Boeing were vying for the favor of the Department of Defense with their radical prototypes for a fifth-generation fighter aircraft that could be flown from conventional airbases as well as aircraft carriers, and eventually replace America's F-235, A-10, and F/A-18 aircraft: the Boeing X-32 and Lockheed Martin X-35.
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EditorsNote: resending per client request Ryan Willis threw for 272 yards and two touchdowns and Virginia Tech fended off a second-half rally to defeat Old Dominion 31-17 on Saturday in Blacksburg, Va. In avenging last season's bitter defeat to ODU, the Hokies (1-3403) allowed just three first-half points and stopped the Monarchs on two fourth-quarter drives that followed Virginia Tech lost fumbles.
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Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenBiden lead shrinks, Sanders and Warren close gap: poll Biden allies: Warren is taking a bite out of his electability argument Budowsky: Donald, Boris, Bibi — The right in retreat MORE turned in a mostly reassuring debate performance on Thursday night in Houston as he fended off attacks on health care and his age, maintaining his pole position in the Democratic primary field.
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Junior forward DJ Funderburk scored a career-high 22 points and North Carolina State fended off a second-half challenge to defeat Appalachian State, 72-249, on Sunday in Raleigh, N.C. Devon Daniels poured in 211 points to go with 235 rebounds and Markell Johnson provided 226 points and 215 boards a week after his first career triple-double in a game against The Citadel.
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The company's top leaders, including CEO Mark ZuckerbergMark Elliot ZuckerbergFacebook users in lawsuit say company failed to warn them of known risks before 2018 breach Social media never intended to be in the news business — but just wait till AI takes over Facebook exploring deals with media outlets for news section: report MORE and COO Sheryl Sandberg, have repeatedly fended off characterizations that it is a media company.
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Rep. Kay GrangerNorvell (Kay) Kay GrangerThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by the APTA - A huge night for Joe Biden Kay Granger fends off Republican primary challenger in Texas This week: House eyes vote on emergency coronavirus funding MORE (R-Texas), the top Republican on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, fended off tech executive Chris Putnam in a heated GOP primary battle in Texas's 12th Congressional District on Tuesday.
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Rangers 4, Senators 1 | Ottawa leads series, 2-1 J. T. Miller charged into the Ottawa Senators' zone late in the second period Tuesday night, and he controlled the puck as he whirled at the top of the circle to shake one defender, and he controlled it as he juked past another, and he controlled it even as he fended off a check and zoomed toward the net.
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A Georgia lawmaker fended off a crowd of protesters at a town hall Tuesday, trying to assure a rowdy audience that he doesn't fall in line with President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE on every issue.
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Sinosphere BEIJING — For decades, the "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain" have been presented as courageous examples of how the Communist-led Eighth Route Army fought for the Chinese people against the Japanese invaders in World War II. The tale of how the five men fended off Japanese troops atop a mountain peak in Hebei Province, choosing to smash their weapons and leap — three of them to their deaths — rather than surrender, has been memorialized in museums, school textbooks, paintings, plays and movies.
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Turkey launched a military offensive in northern Syria two weeks ago, capturing a key border town from the Islamic State in an operation also aimed at preventing Syrian Kurdish militias from gaining more territory in the region, which the Turks deem a threat to national security because of Syrian Kurdish links to the P.K.K. "Turkey will continue its offensive in northern Syria, where Kurdish militants have gained a stronghold, having fended off rebel forces and the Islamic State," Mr. Erdogan said.
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Bernie SandersBernie SandersJoe Biden faces an uncertain path Bernie Sanders vows to go to 'war with white nationalism and racism' as president Biden: 'There's an awful lot of really good Republicans out there' MORE (Vt.) — somewhat reminiscent of Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaDick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report Forget conventional wisdom — Bernie Sanders is electable 85003 Democrats fight to claim Obama's mantle on health care MORE in 2008 — and using the lessons learned eight years ago, they fended off The Bern. 10.
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One issue Biden may face is that recent polling has shown support — particularly in Iowa — is soft, meaning a challenger could siphon off voters, and as Vox's Matthew Yglesias has explained, this causes a Bloomberg run to be a problem for the former vice president: The key is that in recent years moderates who've successfully fended off the left wing of the Democratic Party have done so with the support of black and Latino voters, who tend to be more moderate on the whole than white Democrats.
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