guarded
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The five-day mini camp was a rare moment of vulnerability for the usually guarded Doncic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The manager was guarded but told him the chips were sold for high-end landscaping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Duong and the other researchers kept its existence a closely guarded secret while they worked on fixes, for fear that an AI-aided hacker might find and exploit it before they were done.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The character has been seen but not heard around Springfield since the October 2017 episode The Serfsons, and his big return to action had reportedly been a closely guarded secret.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Set apart from “normal” citizens for our own protection and theirs, our gated, walled, and closely guarded campus complex sprawled across an entire island in the middle of the ocean.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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