guards
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“In one incident guards tried to remove a strike leader soon after the strike began,” Carver wrote.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
But its border guards must have seen the crowds building.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
In two separate incidents, it alerted guards to men standing on rooftops who were able to be talked down, chief product officer Yuka Suzuki said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Prison guards refer to it as a “call to Putin,” or in earlier times a “call to Lenin,” the U.N. has noted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
I avoided the eyes of the guards along the route, guilty as a well-trained dog discovered on the living room sofa.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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