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guard

[gahrd] / gɑrd /




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The monarch inspected a guard of honor before travelling to Georgetown, where he attended a state reception at the presidential palace.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

She added that the scaffolding meant she sometimes had to keep the lights on during the day, particularly in her son's bedroom which is obscured by a metal guard.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Timberwolves officially announced his acquisition in July as part of a multiteam deal that also brought guard Josh Green to Minnesota.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Yet Apple had ignored analysts’ warnings and was caught off guard, said people familiar with the company’s procurement practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

IT WAS TWO evenings later, near the time when the lightbulb usually flickered off, that the cell door banged open and a guard strode in.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The employer group had warned that the guards had voted to authorize a strike that could begin as soon as the current contract expired, at 5 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The security guards operate under a separate agreement and weren’t part of that deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

In the run-up to the protests on Saturday, the Paris police commissioner, Patrice Faure, heightened anxieties by advising merchants to hire security guards, saying police alone could not “guarantee the protection of every business.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The number includes 17,000 officers who will remain with member states as national border guards and only be deployed as part of a new "European border and return reserve" when needed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Her guards could take care of their queen—right now Jack had enough to worry about just getting the three of them out.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Moyes was guarded after the game and instead preferred to focus on a vital victory.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

She remained his PA for 20 years, and her brother told BBC News she avoided the limelight and guarded the pop star's privacy, despite the attention of tabloid journalists hoping for stories.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Outside the facility, guarded by camouflaged soldiers, AFP observed three construction trucks entering and leaving the base within 10 minutes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The company suspected them of leaking its closely guarded secrets: the internal designs of its AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Here he shut her up and guarded her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Armed officers could be seen guarding the entrance to the base.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

He told them he wants a "single set of global principles and standards that are very much about unlocking the full potential whilst guarding against the risks".

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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

There were only a few sailors guarding the cargo, and they quickly decided that tangoing with a pack of angry colonists with hatchets was a bad idea and got out of the way.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin


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