guardian
Example Sentences
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"She had a guardian angel watching over her. It could have been much worse."
From BBC
As of mid-March, parents and guardians had signed up roughly four million children for the accounts, with more than 800,000 of them eligible for the $1,000 seed money, according to the Treasury Department.
As part of their work, they will also survey parents and guardians and improve awareness of financial support available to families.
From BBC
Wordsworth's descendants Christopher Andrew and Simon Bennie, who have been guardians of the house for the past 57 years, said they were sad to leave the property, but relieved it had passed into "safe hands".
From BBC
Quickly,’ he twisted one leg off the woodgrouse and tucked it into the fork of a birch tree as an offering for his clan guardian; then he settled down to eat.
From Literature
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