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guard

[gahrd] / gɑrd /




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The coast guard also conducted an aerial survey of waters near the disaster site.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Of the 43 rescued, 30 were passengers and 13 were crew, the coast guard said.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 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

That caught many states off guard, prompting a quick backlash.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

The policeman on duty at the guard post was Rolf himself.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

We gave everyone the right to refuse an interview and spoke to those who agreed far away from any guards, and without cameras.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

All four guards snapped to attention at my words and took off at a full sprint toward my house, yelling commands into their communicators as they took my story hook, line, and sinker.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

There sits the studio, an austere black cube jutting into the countryside, guarded by a giant sculpture of a gorilla.

From BBC Sep. 1, 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

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

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

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

Over time, the human body became remarkably good at guarding its energy reserves through complex biological defenses wired into the brain.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

And to think that all that time she was carefully guarding her terrible secret.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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