shield
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Bexley SHIELD, the borough's Safeguarding Partnership for Children and Young People, said all of the review's "appropriate recommendations" had been implemented and "continue to be refreshed and promoted across agencies".
From BBC • May 11, 2026
The Missile Defense Agency added Redwire to the pool of more than 2,400 eligible vendors for its $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense, or SHIELD, program.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
“The opportunity for low-cost frequent access to Mars is here,” added JPL’s Nathan Barba, systems engineer for SHIELD.
From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2021
“It had a stinging reaction from the business community,” Ms. Loving said of the idea, known as Stopping Harmful Inversions and Ending Low-Tax Developments, or SHIELD.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2021
But the warrior's main protection is his SHIELD.
From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by Davis, William Stearns
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Warriors Don't Cry (Abridged)
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