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bodyguard

[bod-ee-gahrd] / ˈbɒd iˌgɑrd /


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Two weeks ago, Jenner’s bodyguard, Mason Haynes, who also worked as a close protection guard for other members of the Kardashian-Jenner family, died in a traffic accident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

She was seen as close to her father, and was appointed to a senior role in his bodyguard command a year before her hospitalisation.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

In 2021 her father made her a chief of staff in his private bodyguard, giving her the rank of general.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

He is a longtime bodyguard and chief aide to his grandfather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

The family maintains at least eight country houses, according to books by his former chef and a former bodyguard.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

At least three people, including Robinson’s mom and Banks’ wife, have bodyguards in tow, some of them hulking and one with a tattooed head that bears the letters SOG, to signify “Son of God.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

On a recent afternoon, Terekh arrived with her 12-year-old deaf dog Chuck and her bodyguards at an upscale Kyiv real-estate development that she had helped design.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

"This awoke not just Michoacan, but all of Mexico," she told AFP while surrounded by bodyguards to keep would-be assassins at bay.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

Zambada also said two of his bodyguards, one of them a Sinaloa state police commander, have not been “seen or heard from since.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

The other two men are not dressed up, so they look like bodyguards.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi




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