bulwark

But crypto bulls point to institutional adoption of the asset class as a bulwark against sharp falls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Death imagery as a bulwark against fear of death is so well known that it is covered under the psychological umbrella of Terror Management Theory as a coping mechanism.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

Zinat-un-Nisa was a powerful political actor and an "extraordinarily influential and important political bulwark for her ageing and politically vulnerable" father toward the end of his life.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

In any event, the market recovered the next day, and the Fed’s image as a willing bulwark against market declines was born.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Within that mighty bulwark, the kitchens and stables and yards sheltered safe from wind and wave.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

There will be raking, and pile-making, and paper sacks stuffed with leaves, arrayed along curbs like defensive bulwarks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

Forests could also be potential bulwarks against climate change.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024

Political parties with his backing continued to win elections but were forced from power several times by the courts and the army, both bulwarks of royalism.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

So far, strong consumer spending has been one of the main bulwarks keeping the economy out of a recession.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

Flames of abnormal size were pursuing them, licking up the sides of the junk bulwarks, which were crumbling to soot at their touch.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

The valuations are bulwarked by new information from Cerebras’s pre-IPO filings with the SEC showing company revenue grew 76% between 2024 and 2025 to $510 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

Presidential blue-ribbon panels bulwarked the Social Security program in 1983 and overhauled NASA’s space shuttle program after the 1986 Challenger disaster.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 24, 2023

Even Einstein, the prototypical loner, was bulwarked by a vast correspondence of arguing and discussion.

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2016

He didn't say that the British way is better, cleaner, more constitutionally bulwarked – because, actually, it isn't.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 28, 2010

They love newspaper notices and publicity, they love the centre of the stage, and every new advance in intelligence is bulwarked by a disproportional demand for "consideration."

From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Mary Helen Fee

The lesson wasn’t about which class of stocks is safer, but rather that diversification means not only bulwarking your portfolio against downturns but also enhancing your chances of long-term success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

In addition to bulwarking security, many are bunkering from reporters who have descended on a normally sleepy community.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023

On the DDoS front, the companies involved are doubtless bolstering their defenses, but bulwarking for brute force denial of service attacks is an ongoing process, and there’s no panacea.

From Time ● Aug. 25, 2014

The State Department insisted gamely that Nixon was actually bulwarking Rogers' political initiative.

From Time Magazine Archive

He left General Totten on the stairs, leaped down the remaining steps, and ran to a group of watchmen and night employees of the State House who were bulwarking the soldiers.

From All-Wool Morrison by Holman Day