Fends

As he and co-worker Julia await rescue on a lifeboat, Marin fends off suitors. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Fends 'em off an 'fends 'em off, an' 'Don't ye come anigh me,' she sez. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

EuroSport: Contador fends off Landis allegations In an interview with German television, Floyd Landis insinuated that Alberto Contador was still working with a coach who Landis claims supplied him with doping products at the U.S Postal Team. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Newt Gingrich is enjoying a modest rise in polls and in fund-raising, the latest sign of volatility in the Republican presidential field as Mitt Romney struggles to expand his popularity with GOP voters and Herman Cain fends off decade-old sexual-harassment allegations. ❋ Patrick O'Connor (2011)

The first half was atmospheric, beautiful and involving, as Elizabeth fends off various suitors and Philip of Spain and Mary Q of S plot to remove her. ❋ Maxine (2009)

This action fends off ANY unwanted interaction, and has deemed this little mammal one of the most successful in North America. ❋ Casey Anderson (2011)

Like some gene that fends off disease, we should isolate it, and then inject it, when it can have an effect. ❋ Pamela Kripke (2011)

Sutton fends off jellyfish and fellow swimmers in rough seas. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But these days, as he fends off investment offers from around the world and grapples with the ever-present question of whether to do his own television show, he wonders if he got it wrong. ❋ Lisa Abend (2011)

The "good characters" are not uninteresting – especially Clemmie Sveaas' Princess, who has a lovely, intemperate energy you want to cheer when she fends off Karl's advances by thrusting her foot hard against his chest. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Maggie fends off an overamorous customer with a serving fork ("I am not included in the price of a ticket!" she says, because women's lib is just around the corner), disapproving mother makes it up with Laura and Kate ("I needed you too!") and Collette and the captain start exchanging sub-meaningful looks in a Paris nightclub. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The report arrives as the FDA fends off pointed criticism from manufacturers who say the agency has become too slow and bureaucratic in clearing new devices, driving up costs for companies and forcing some out of business. ❋ Unknown (2011)

President Obama fends off the Republican opponents of his health care proposal but soons finds the retractable light saber insufficient … ❋ Unknown (2009)

Brown fends off MPs but loses second banker in two days ❋ Unknown (2011)