shield

Example Sentences

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Arians argued that making the officials full time would make everyone “answerable to the shield.”

From Los Angeles Times

“But the First Amendment stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech in this country.”

From Salon

But the animal put up a fight, and police armed with shields are reported to have spent around an hour trying to catch it.

From BBC

He said the country is installing so-called protective "blue shields" -- nicknamed "the Red Cross of heritage" -- at archaeological sites.

From Barron's

He has not shielded his children from the realities of risk, however.

From BBC