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As he and co-worker Julia await rescue on a lifeboat, Marin fends off suitors.

Can ABC'S quirky 'Men in Trees' climb higher? 2008

"Fends 'em off an 'fends 'em off, an' 'Don't ye come anigh me,' she sez.

Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900

Like some gene that fends off disease, we should isolate it, and then inject it, when it can have an effect.

Pamela Kripke: Controlling Guns, One Class at a Time Pamela Kripke 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.

Gingrich Finds Footing as Race Shifts Patrick O'Connor 2011

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

Beat 360° 9/16/2009 2009

Like some gene that fends off disease, we should isolate it, and then inject it, when it can have an effect.

Pamela Kripke: Controlling Guns, One Class at a Time Pamela Kripke 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.

FDA criticized over the way they regulate medical devices. 2011

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.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

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.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

Brown fends off MPs but loses second banker in two days

Steve Bell on David Cameron and bankers' bonuses 2011