They are also better able to fend off parasites.
It was an extremely cheap place to fend off hunger.
This simple trick helps you fend off malicious script injections.
He was able to fend off the blow with his arm.
With a stronger hardware business it can fend off HP in the marketplace.
He tried to fend off the questions raised by the newsman.
Now he will have to fend off some tough rivals — and tough criticism — to make that vision a reality.
Soybeans, corn and cotton that tolerate high doses of herbicides and fend off pests — technologies that benefit rich-world farmers — are nearly all the choices we have.
Her response will be to try to preserve her popularity but fend off pressure for policies she sees as economically senseless.
He says there is little else Asia can do as a region to fend off the effects of slowing global demand.
Belle is dissatisfied with life in a small provincial French town, constantly trying to fend off the misplaced "affections" of conceited Gaston.
Before you know it, you are camped out in the closet with a butcher's knife, ready to fend off any supernatural attacks and asking yourself - is my house haunted?
I walked briskly and confidently, flexing my fingers in readiness for a spot of eye-gouging, feeling that I would be quite able to fend off any pursuer with a swift knee to the groin.
One is that their brains and hormones change to enhance their abilities to fend off predators, leave the nest to find food and return quickly so their young aren't attacked.
Protection of the vital oil fields remained a unifying goal, and the United States viewed a more capable Saudi military, one able to fend off regional and domestic threats, as key to attaining it.
