guard
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Williams, Thybulle, second-year forward Adou Thiero and guard Quentin Grimes were among the players who guarded the ball full court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
All, however, steered well clear of the federal Ethiopian soldiers on guard at the university and the Tigray Martyrs Memorial Monument, which commemorates the TPLF's 16 years of struggle against the Marxist-Leninist Derg government.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Department of State alone paid Inter-Con $460 million a year to guard its properties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Years of tight inventory have put buyers on guard.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
I imagined the guard turning around, pointing a scornful finger: “Edema! Send her back to camp!”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
They are nonmedical prison guards, and they are doing it from a separate room.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
"The border guards started running around and shouting "Run!
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The guy told Colin he’d just gotten this weird call from the FBI asking if he was still in charge of the institute’s security guards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A livestream of the Sacramento Kings’ media day caught reporters making personal remarks about guards Ben Simmons and Zach LaVine between interviews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
He was trying to contact the guards using an intercom when the tsunami flooded in.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Whether intentionally guarded or simply transmitted within tight social networks, the techniques were not widely shared.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Three years later, he receives a letter from the driver, a white woman with a closely guarded secret.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A large part of Orford Ness was purchased by the War Department in 1913 and was closely guarded to prevent public access.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The health of the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong is a state secret, guarded so tightly that a scratched dinner can send China-watchers scrambling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
However, due to her profession, Leah was both guarded and attempting to persuade the public with every word she wrote.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Armed officers could be seen guarding the entrance to the base.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
What Telluride had been guarding so carefully was “You Can See Everything,” a nearly three-hour documentary about convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, co-directed by Fielder and documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
After repeatedly warning of the rivers’ endangerment, however, Mr. Winder concludes with only the briefest summary of the projects currently aimed at guarding against the dire outcomes he foresees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
When she got home four hours later, the house was cordoned off with police tape, with officers guarding the door.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
There was nobody guarding it, just as I had hoped.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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