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protect

[pruh-tekt] / prəˈtɛkt /


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The NHS is legally required to protect patients' data.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

"They're doing their absolute best to protect communities and properties."

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

And owning a home doesn’t protect you from inflation anyway.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

“Protecting the president is important, but there was a way we could protect the president without putting other lives at risk. We didn’t want to use the press and staffers as decoys,” Lockhart explained.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

She was to retrieve and protect sensitive documents per standard protocol.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

This is a valuable benefit, especially when it protects you against rent inflation.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

“This emergency declaration enables the City to act swiftly in reducing wildfire risks while continuing our balanced approach that protects both public safety and vulnerable community members.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Jamelle Bouie: It’s saying: “Our Constitution protects these rights. The Constitution may not mention those rights, but those rights are there, and we understand ourselves to have them.”

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

At everyday levels, vitamin C acts as an antioxidant: it mops up harmful molecules and protects our cells.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

The captain fiddles with his beard, then says, “She protects us from the challenges we will face before we reach our destination. The monsters toward which we sail.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Health facilities and the health system at large fall under the protection of international humanitarian and rights law, and is protected by certain Geneva Conventions, he said.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

"This meant high competition for resources and strong predatory pressures. Combined with a trend toward aridity and strong seasonality, embryos of viviparous species would be better protected than those of egg-laying species."

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

Under local regulations in the region, "it is forbidden to needlessly disturb, attract or pursue a polar bear", which was declared a protected species in Svalbard in 1972.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

“The southern Omani corridor cannot presently be considered a reliably protected transit route,” said Dimitris Maniatis, founder and CEO of maritime-risk company Marisks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

As if in thanks, the sturdy trees had protected their house and fields from the brunt of the cyclone.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

Her team’s stories explore how companies approach protecting their systems, data and intellectual property from financially motivated hackers and those sponsored by nation states.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Talarico, believing God is on the side of the oppressed and the marginalized, focuses his message to voters on equity and protecting personal freedom.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

“This bill was never about politics — it was about protecting animals from being turned into novelty products,” Castillo said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said "protecting the public is our top priority", adding it had invested in probation and hiring trainee officers.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The agents have stopped this last group from making a run for the elevators because a group of scary-looking gorilla hybrids are close to breaking through the line of agents protecting the escape route.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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