guard
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The country's coast guard says more bodies remain on the boat, which they were unable to board until Friday due to toxic fumes and lingering heat.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
"Everything happened in seconds," coast guard spokeswoman Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said in a radio interview Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Indiana Fever guard and Atlanta Dream forward have been household names since their iconic college matchups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
But many cases come down to small oversights — and the people caught off guard are often the ones who thought they had it taken care of.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
At last we were summoned to an inner office where our forms were examined, stamped, and handed over to a guard.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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It could also be training guards to spot suspicious people who may be casing a museum and ask them if they need help, which may deter them from returning.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Inside, they were warned that security guards equipped with night-vision goggles would be watching for anyone who managed to keep a phone accessible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
By that measure, the job market looks much better, historically speaking, for blue-collar workers, including those in construction and on manufacturing lines, and manual-service workers—think security guards, nurses and many restaurant and retail employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Outside the hospital, an AFP reporter saw a woman in tears and a man clear glass from two broken windows, as security guards stood at the entrance to the leading medical facility.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Three months later, on his thirty-first birthday, Francis Gary Powers was led by guards onto—appropriately enough—the stage of a massive theater.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Social media giants usually keep the coding behind these algorithms -- the so-called "secret sauce" that drives traffic to their platforms -- closely guarded.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
He tends to speak methodically and carefully — in a way that could seem guarded, but more aptly reflects a chronometric yearning for accuracy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
These two countries are longtime military and strategic allies, with deeply enmeshed economies and several thousand miles of minimally guarded border.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
In recent years it has censored its statements, avoided calls for protest and zealously guarded its marginal influence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Baba had planted the grove when Neel was a baby, and he guarded the family trees fiercely from woodcutters.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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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
A two-hour drive west of Havana, in rural Consolacion del Sur, the picture is much the same for farmer Fidel Maqueira, who spends his nights guarding his oxen against theft.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Much of the overtime money the department spent went instead toward preparing for unrest, monitoring protests and vigils, guarding hotels housing federal agents, and managing the public response to federal violence.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The analysis showed that parental guarding behavior has not followed a simple evolutionary path.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
He isn’t a happy man, sitting in a small sweltering box, guarding an empty condominium.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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