as in to protect
to drive danger or attack away from
learned to use humor to fend herself from criticism
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Without flood insurance, some people may be able to rebuild with the help of charities but most others will be left to fend for themselves.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2024
Advocate on your behalf and for those who can’t fend for themselves.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
This was fine for the Adults, who had chosen this life, but potentially traumatic for the Kids, who were essentially left to fend for themselves.
—Christine Ro, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024
The film tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who, left to fend for himself and his younger brother following their parents’ deaths in 1880s Wyoming, goes on the run with his long-estranged grandfather after he’s sentenced to hang for the accidental killing of a local rancher.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2024
Advocate on your behalf and for those who can’t fend for themselves.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
This was fine for the Adults, who had chosen this life, but potentially traumatic for the Kids, who were essentially left to fend for themselves.
—Christine Ro, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024
The film tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who, left to fend for himself and his younger brother following their parents’ deaths in 1880s Wyoming, goes on the run with his long-estranged grandfather after he’s sentenced to hang for the accidental killing of a local rancher.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Fend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fend. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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