bulwark

Example Sentences

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But starting in the 1950s, Germany began to slowly rebuild its military and defense industry with U.S. support, acting as a bulwark against the Soviet Union.

From The Wall Street Journal

David Bianco, chief investment officer for the Americas at DWS, favors those sectors partly as a bulwark against a slowdown in AI spending.

From Barron's

"A lot of Jewish people vote for us and consider us a bulwark against extremism," he said.

From BBC

In 2020 Mr. Lammy stressed that jury trials were a bulwark against government abuse and a guarantor of justice, that they acted as “a filter for prejudice.”

From The Wall Street Journal

These images are a bulwark against change at a time when things seem to be changing at an alarming rate.

From The Wall Street Journal