Sentence examples for fend off challengers from inspiring English sources
Mr. Fraser's district has a handful of counties that are more populous than his, but he has been able to fend off challengers in large part because of his ties to Abilene.
If she is to fend off challengers from the left and maintain the levels of grassroots engagement that Obama achieved in both his presidential campaigns – driving women and young first-time voters to the polls in historic numbers – then she needs to enlist the help of these tireless volunteers.
T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) is ascending to the Wakandan throne after his father's death in Captain America: Civil War, and while he grieves, he must also fend off challengers and decide what kind of king he wants to be.
(The state's primary is also being held on Tuesday, forcing the candidates to battle on two fronts: winning the special election and fending off challengers from their own party so they can run for a full term in November).
Just as silicon-based technology has fended off challengers for decades, it's proving very difficult to unseat the current method for decoding genomes, known as Sanger sequencing.
And Senators Hagan, Landrieu, and Shaheen are fending off challengers in North Carolina, Louisiana, and New Hampshire.
Until then he must fend off competition.
Paynter had already fended off two challengers during the race, and Smith had switched his whip from his right hand to his left in an attempt to fend off a late challenge from Atigun; Smith considered his decision to be an error that cost him the race.
Few buy his line that he has the job he wants already, and that he is merely raising cash to fend off potential challengers three years hence.
So it's not unexpected that Republican senators like Richard Lugar and Orrin Hatch would swing sharply to the right to fend off primary challengers.
The second more pressing issue for Conservative HQ is the dozens of marginal seats where MPs are trying to fend off Labour challengers and take on the Liberal Democrats.
