Word: fended
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Driving down Main Street, one was forced to wonder just how many times the second officer had to fend off errant hands from passing windows. "Hey cutie," screamed one particularly obnoxious truck driver stopped in the traffic. But the patrolwoman must have been used to this sort of treatment, because as the truck driver went past she neatly sidestepped his searching hand. The other patrolman laughed and, as the patrolwoman turned her back, he flashed an okay sign to the truckdriver...
...when he was a teenager he hitchhiked from Boston to East Texas with a broom to sweep off the grave of an obscure early bluesman. In any event, he used to perform in a duo with Maria but since her recent success she seems to have left him to fend for himself. Watson is certainly worth going to see on his own, and Muldaur could be a pleasant surprise. July...
...France's relations with the U.S., Sauvagnargues in the recent past has claimed to be a convinced Gaullist in foreign policy matters. That means that he is skeptical about the future of European unity but feels France should encourage it as a useful device to fend off the weight of the superpowers...
...drunkenness began to pile up. Sent to a detoxification center after one eight-day binge, she sneaked out to a bar, then, at 5 a.m., accepted a ride back from one of the male patrons. He invited her to stop at his apartment for a drink. She had to fend off a rape attempt, suffering a broken jaw and scarring cuts on the face. "I thought I'd hit the bottom before," she says through the wires that still hold her teeth together, "but now I realized that this...
...this neighborhood, Gene and I came upon two young men fighting, or rather, one drunk attacking and another man struggling to fend him off without hurting him. A young woman was pleading with the drunkard to stop, but we were too far away to hear her actual words. She dashed in front of him. When the other man tried to kick the drunkard away, he accidentally knocked the girl to the ground...