From a New York Time story by Nico Grant headlined “Google Search Boss Says Company Invests to Avoid Becoming ‘Roadkill'”:

The Justice Department has spent weeks arguing in a federal antitrust trial that Google has built an impenetrable barrier around its search business with strong-arm tactics and multibillion-dollar deals.

But a Google executive said on Thursday that he didn’t see it that way. He sees a world of threats that could humble his company at any moment.