Even the most diehard defenders of this debacle are coming to the realization that it is doomed.

The defenders were coming out of the tower now and Dreng was among them, coming forward slowly.

We get caught out with long balls to where our defender has just come from.

This was a temporary surge, he knew, and the defenders of the western door had come together in one final, futile push.

The President's defenders came roaring back to attack the Starr report as salacious.

"I wanted to take the jump shot there, but the defender came right up to me," said Brust, who finished with 15 points.

As they came over the top the defenders thrust with the bayonets.

Still the defenders came on, determined to clear the way for those trapped within the doomed fortress.

Patriotism was under scrutiny as its defenders and critics came to physical blows.

When a defender is coming, he can out-run him to the sideline.