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  2. Zone defense in American football - Wikipedia

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    Cover 4, or quarters, refers to 4 deep defenders each guarding one-fourth of the deep zone. Cover 4 schemes are almost always used to defend against deep passes. [10] (See also Prevent defense). The most basic Cover 4 scheme involves 3 CBs and 2 safeties. Upon snap, the CBs work for depth, backpedaling into their assigned zone.

  3. Theodicy - Wikipedia

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    5.3 Free-will defense. 5.4 Cosmodicy and anthropodicy. 5.4.1 ... [4] Another definition of theodicy is the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of ...

  4. Defense - Wikipedia

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    Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare; Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks; Defense industry, industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology; Self-defense, the use of force to defend oneself

  5. Area defense - Wikipedia

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    Area defense requires the defending party to have a good knowledge of the terrain and the ability to work with cartographic information. Area defense is a method of positional defensive warfare described in the U.S. Army's combat manuals of the 1960s and 1970s. [1]

  6. National Defense Strategy (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The National Defense Strategy (NDS) is produced by the United States Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) ...

  7. Lineman (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    The 4-3 defense, most commonly used in the NFL, employs two defensive tackles (and a defensive line of four men, with three linebackers behind them), while the 3-4 defense uses just a single defensive tackle, called the nose tackle (and a defensive line of three men, with four linebackers behind them). Defensive ends in a typical 3-4 have ...

  8. Duress in American law - Wikipedia

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    Defendants utilizing the duress defense admit to breaking the law but claim that they are not liable because, even though the act broke the law, it was only performed because of extreme, unlawful pressure. [4] In criminal law, a duress defense is similar to a plea of guilty, admitting partial culpability, so that if the defense is not accepted ...

  9. Cornerback - Wikipedia

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    Cornerbacks across from their assigned receivers in a base 34 defense. A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. [1] Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses.