bulwark

Example Sentences

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Such a smooth, substantial-sounding phrase — a bulwark against others’ intrusive questions and Auden’s own self-doubt.

From New York Times

The United States is increasingly hoping that India can help be a bulwark against the growing economic influence of China.

From New York Times

The kibbutzniks often see the court as a guarantor of the secularism and religious pluralism that they felt was envisaged by Israel’s declaration of independence in 1948, and as a bulwark against government overreach.

From New York Times

The supreme head of the ROC, Patriarch Kirill, is a close ally of Putin and fully backs the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a bulwark against a West he describes as decadent.

From Reuters

In the north, Egypt relies on Sudan as a bulwark against political upheaval and a partner in regional water disputes.

From Washington Post