Sentence examples for a defensive tactic from inspiring English sources

Respect the defense, camping is a defensive tactic too, it can make you angry but the attack is considered by attempts usually.

That was definitely a defensive tactic".

Suddenly having Lyonnaise's businesses to oversee guarantees their jobs.For managers at Lyonnaise, the merger also looks like a defensive tactic.

The Hess example shows that sometimes labeling shareholders short-termers is more a defensive tactic than a real argument.

The company initially responded with a shareholder rights plan, a defensive tactic aimed at keeping Mr. Icahn's stake below 20 percent.

As a defensive tactic, the foundation sued first, asking a judge to declare it exempt from enforcement under the tobacco settlement.

His rope-a-dope defensive tactics in Zaire – Ali called it a "real thinkin' fight" – have gone into sports history.

Perhaps the paranoid style in public debate, focusing on motives rather than substance, is a useful defensive tactic against rabid critics.

The Palestinians argue that some of them, including some Hamas men, were politically rather than militarily active, and that others were not involved in anti-Israeli actions at all.The Israeli army argues not just that the policy is a reasonable defensive tactic, but that it also has the effect of minimising collateral damage.

This is a standard defensive tactic calculated to boost the current share price, although possibly at the expense of long-term strategic advantage.

Some bees also seem to be able to use a similar defensive tactic.