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President Trump¹ is calling for an expanded missile defense² program to protect the United States. Part of the new strategy is to deploy³ sensors⁴ in space. Trump, speaking at the Pentagon, said the goal is to detect and destroy incoming missiles.

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer is acknowledging that he paid a technology company to rig Trump's standing⁵ in two online polls. Cohen tweeted Thursday that "What I did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of" Trump.

The head of the United Nations mission in Yemen, Patrick Cammaert, is safe after he and his team came under gunfire there. Cammaert is working on strategies to end the civil war which has resulted in a humanitarian⁶ crisis and left thousands dead.

Priests blessed pets with holy water on Thursday in Madrid, Spain to celebrate the feast of Saint Anthony of Abbot, Spain's Patron Saint of animals.

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1 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。 The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 deploy
v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开
参考例句：
The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。 The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

4 sensors
n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。来自《简明英汉词典》 Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。来自辞典例句

5 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

6 humanitarian
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
参考例句：
She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。 The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

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