guard
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Dhawan noted that last year’s cuts were on an “insurance basis” to guard against a weak labor market, and rate hikes this year would be the same except guarding against the risk of higher inflation.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
“Businesses, particularly those that collect and maintain sensitive personal and genetic data, can and should know to guard against” credential stuffing, the attorney general’s release said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
About 28,500 US troops are stationed in South Korea to help guard against the nuclear-armed North.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
Woodland spirits and wolfhounds guard Tomás’s most vulnerable children.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
It was of this, he thought, that his grandfather was guardian; it was this he himself was supposed to guard.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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