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The Hezbollah campaign, part of a broader war that has killed thousands of people in Lebanon and displaced more than a million, defanged one of Israel’s greatest adversaries and dealt a blow to Iran’s regional strategy of arming and funding paramilitary groups bent on Israel’s destruction.
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Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
In response, the bill's sponsors buckled and effectively defanged the conditionality measures.
—Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2011
After all, filing delays reflect governance frailty that can be overcome by aligning incentives, ending indifference and defanging incompetence.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Over the years, Hun Sen has coaxed or cowed, corrupted or co-opted, defanged, sidelined, or otherwise neutralized a large cast of adversaries, far and near.
—Stéphanie Giry, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2015
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Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
In response, the bill's sponsors buckled and effectively defanged the conditionality measures.
—Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2011
After all, filing delays reflect governance frailty that can be overcome by aligning incentives, ending indifference and defanging incompetence.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Over the years, Hun Sen has coaxed or cowed, corrupted or co-opted, defanged, sidelined, or otherwise neutralized a large cast of adversaries, far and near.
—Stéphanie Giry, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2015
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“Defang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defang. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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