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protector

[pruh-tek-ter] / prəˈtɛk tər /




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Lacking oil and surrounded by bigger powers, Jordan has relied on the U.S. for decades as a protector and for as much as $2 billion in annual military and economic aid.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The Catholic church is deeply entrenched in Poland's national identity and the Virgin Mary is considered the country's patron and protector, even as it undergoes one of the fastest rates of secularisation worldwide.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

“It was led by somebody that I had grown to trust and see as a protector and somebody who had my back,” she told podcast host Jay Shetty of the incident.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

"Our findings significantly shift tubulin's role in neurodegeneration, from a passive casualty of disease to an active protector against toxic protein aggregation," Ferreon said.

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

It was like she was two years old again, and I was her protector, just as Tevin had once been mine.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

But the strongest protectors against accelerated ageing, he said, are a person's income and availability of resources, including health care.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

A low-cost approach worked for batteries and surge protectors.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

"Microglia are not simply destructive responders in Alzheimer's disease -- they can become the brain's protectors," explained Anne Schaefer, the senior author of the research and leader of the project.

From Science Daily Nov. 22, 2025

“Great giants… thirty feet high” and big-headed protectors, the kilikis and zaldikos.

From Salon Nov. 8, 2025

And the king’s protectors grew fewer every day.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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