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Recent Examples on the Web While the extent of Israel’s military plans inside Lebanon remain unclear, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become increasingly defiant of international calls for restraint and de-escalation, as well as widespread outrage over growing civilian casualties in Lebanon and Gaza. Helen Regan, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024 Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia and its fighters remain defiant, even expressing confidence, despite escalating Israeli attacks on its top commanders and missile arsenal that culminated Friday with the assassination of the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024 Stocks’ defiant showing this September was helped by positive sentiment generated by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s jumbo rate cut and upbeat economic data. Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024 Adams, in a defiant address shortly after the indictment was made public, vowed to fight the charges and stay on as mayor. Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for defiant 

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“Defiant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defiant. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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