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World Championships 2017: Mo Farah defends his 10,000m title in London

BBC Sport Website, August 4, 2017

This is the heading on a story about Mo Farah winning his race. ‘Defend’ means ‘protect’, so it says only that he took part in the race. It should say that he ‘retains’ his title or ‘successfully defends’ it.

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