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bulwark

[bool-werk, -wawrk, buhl-] / ˈbʊl wərk, -wɔrk, ˈbʌl- /


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But crypto bulls point to institutional adoption of the asset class as a bulwark against sharp falls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Death imagery as a bulwark against fear of death is so well known that it is covered under the psychological umbrella of Terror Management Theory as a coping mechanism.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

Zinat-un-Nisa was a powerful political actor and an "extraordinarily influential and important political bulwark for her ageing and politically vulnerable" father toward the end of his life.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

The U.S. military presence is a legacy of World War II, when Americans helped stabilize and rebuild Europe, and the Cold War, when the troops served as a bulwark against Soviet expansion.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

Within that mighty bulwark, the kitchens and stables and yards sheltered safe from wind and wave.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

My earlier analysis pointed to the three bulwarks against attempted election subversion—the state and local governments that administer elections, the courts that protect rights, and the American people who are democracy’s ultimate safeguard.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Their purpose is the opposite: to preserve and protect; to create bulwarks of predictability amid the chaos of the markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Forests could also be potential bulwarks against climate change.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024

Washington wants the two neighbors, both of which are liberal democracies and bulwarks of U.S. power in the region, to stand together on issues ranging from Russia to North Korea.

From Washington Times ● May 21, 2023

Flames of abnormal size were pursuing them, licking up the sides of the junk bulwarks, which were crumbling to soot at their touch.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

The valuations are bulwarked by new information from Cerebras’s pre-IPO filings with the SEC showing company revenue grew 76% between 2024 and 2025 to $510 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

Presidential blue-ribbon panels bulwarked the Social Security program in 1983 and overhauled NASA’s space shuttle program after the 1986 Challenger disaster.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 24, 2023

Even Einstein, the prototypical loner, was bulwarked by a vast correspondence of arguing and discussion.

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2016

He didn't say that the British way is better, cleaner, more constitutionally bulwarked – because, actually, it isn't.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 28, 2010

It was a wide and bulwarked road, a road that spoke as clearly as though it had tongue of human hands which had cut it there in the mountain's breast.

From The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt

The lesson wasn’t about which class of stocks is safer, but rather that diversification means not only bulwarking your portfolio against downturns but also enhancing your chances of long-term success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

In addition to bulwarking security, many are bunkering from reporters who have descended on a normally sleepy community.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023

On the DDoS front, the companies involved are doubtless bolstering their defenses, but bulwarking for brute force denial of service attacks is an ongoing process, and there’s no panacea.

From Time ● Aug. 25, 2014

In late 1938, dead-sure war was coming, Rosenstiel began bulwarking his company against war's impact.

From Time Magazine Archive

His inquiries had been bent towards so disposing the financial operations, so bulwarking the mining industry by sagacious designs, that, when the worst came, they all would be able to weather the storm.

From The Judgment House by Gilbert Parker


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