guard
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Rookie Jake Slaughter moves to that critical spot, and although the second-round pick played that position in college, the Chargers were hoping to start him at guard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Community police officers and “autodefensas” stand guard at the main barricade of San Ángel Zurumucapio, monitoring people leaving or entering the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Information about clinical trials can be commercially competitive, so companies guard it closely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
A dinosaur statue stands guard outside a temple, a hint at the ancient giants buried deep in the earth below making up northeastern Thailand's "dinosaur rush".
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
From the crest of the hill we saw it, like a vast scar on the green German landscape; a city of low gray barracks surrounded by concrete walls on which guard towers rose at intervals.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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They were flanked by seven security guards and other staff and two Slovak interpreters.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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
During the visit, guards saw Randall try to pass a blue balloon to her son, a deputy probation officer wrote in the report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
With China at the forefront, coast guards are evolving into tools for projecting power in the Western Pacific, marking territory and deterring rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
He was trying to contact the guards using an intercom when the tsunami flooded in.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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From the street, it looks like a two-story fortress under construction, guarded by a crash-damaged chain link fence and a row of yellow-orange Caltrans barricades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 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
Itauma is more like Joshua - guarded and keeping the media at arm's length.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ahead of the meeting, Zelensky revealed the extent of the deficit, releasing usually closely guarded numbers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Even the bosslings wouldn’t stand a chance against the giant floating towers that guarded the foothills.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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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
Much of the overtime money the department spent went instead toward preparing for unrest, monitoring protests and vigils, guarding hotels housing federal agents, and managing the public response to federal violence.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Specialist police officers have been seen guarding the building.
From BBC ● Jul. 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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