protective
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Except that with shorter-term bonds, at least you’re wearing some protective gear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Glucosamine is a naturally occurring, sugar-related molecule that can cross the blood-brain barrier, the protective boundary that tightly controls which substances can move from the bloodstream into brain tissue.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
Sellars finds it hard to reconcile this woman, whom she has only known to be kind and protective, with the person who committed a heinous crime 31 years ago.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Brand notes that “dissociation can be protective when something is happening that a person cannot escape.”
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
But there wasn’t any protective lotion when it came to demons.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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“About Edward Jenner” from the Jenner Institute
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