protector

Example Sentences

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But European nations are already looking at ways to "derisk" away from what they see as a now unpredictable, unreliable protector.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

It doesn’t matter how hard Bondi worked as his acolyte and protector.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

“Charge my phone?” asked another, and Gil submitted the device into a tangle of cords growing from a surge protector.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Agnes’s affection for Peter—her need for him as a protector against both her violent ex-husband and the loneliness engulfing her—is conveyed with a moving delicacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

My mother was thirty-four years old now, with no husband, no provider or protector to take care of her eight children.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey