guard
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Reaves’ return hasn’t fully jump-started the offense as the guard regains his rhythm after a left oblique strain that sidelined him for four weeks.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Both companies have seen a dramatic increase in their market values since then — and now there’s been a changing of the guard.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
A year on, much of the planned $584 billion infrastructure plan remains unspent, locked behind bureaucratic bottlenecks set up to guard against excessive spending in the notoriously frugal country.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
But polling showed voters were adamant: at 78, Mills literally represented the old guard and the party base wants to move on.
From Barron's • May 3, 2026
“It’s impossiblated to moor at the foot of their mountain, so you’ll have to drop anchor further out. You can rowboat in. I shall guard the ship. If marauders come, I shall eats them.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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