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bodyguard

noun as in protector

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Inside the arena, Stuckey, who says she has beefed up her personal security since Kirk’s killing, was escorted to the stage by bodyguards.

Footage from the scene of the shooting showed a man raising a gun and firing at the prime minister before being subdued by bodyguards.

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Armed gunmen opened fire early Saturday on the office of an Iraqi parliamentary candidate south of Baghdad, wounding two bodyguards, a security source said.

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In the same month, Gen Kainerugaba sparked public outrage after he confirmed the detention of an opposition leader's bodyguard, who had been missing for days.

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Foy, who won an Emmy for her portrayal of a young Queen Elizabeth II in the hit Netflix series "The Crown", joked it felt like she became the birds' "bodyguard".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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