shield
Example Sentences
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Just look at the adoption of post-quantum cryptography, new methods of encryption designed to shield data secure from attacks by quantum computers.
From Barron's
I couldn’t help but gasp and lower my eyes, shielding my identity beneath the brim of my black bonnet, which Aunt Kitty had be-feathered with practically an entire bird.
From Literature
Los Angeles Fire Chief Jaime Moore admitted last week that his department’s after-action report on the Palisades fire was watered down to shield top brass from scrutiny.
From Los Angeles Times
During the Civil War, Congress expanded removal protections to shield Union officers from hostile tribunals in the South.
We’re not shielded from the horrors, but they almost always happen offstage, implied or alluded to in the sudden vanishing of a loved one or a mournful reference to a death.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
