As a sitting judge, he would not be in a position to publicly defend it.

Few friends or associates came forward to publicly defend White.

In each country, political figures find it difficult to publicly defend good relations with the other.

His wife spent several years publicly defending her husband's innocence.

He and others have found themselves publicly defending their decision not to choose abortion.

The critics can say what they like and never have to publicly defend their judgments.

Even some industry executives who publicly defend the practice say they are worried about where it will lead.

This is a fundamental value of our Union which we must defend publicly and often wherever possible.

"But we're also happy that he finally knows what the issues are so he can publicly defend himself."

All of the companies have publicly defended their performance.