bulwark
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Because that’s obviously been a bulwark for you now, but I’ve known you for a while longer than that.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
The U.S. military presence is a legacy of World War II, when Americans helped stabilize and rebuild Europe, and the Cold War, when the troops served as a bulwark against Soviet expansion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Far from corrupting high culture, the middlebrow was once the bulwark that protected it.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
The pope described the Kingdom of God as a "bulwark against that delusion of omnipotence that surrounds us and is becoming increasingly unpredictable and aggressive."
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
Within that mighty bulwark, the kitchens and stables and yards sheltered safe from wind and wave.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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