protect
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CIF rules that restrict tackling to two days per week and a maximum of 45 to 90 minutes a day were adopted in an effort to protect players from concussions and injuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
They called on South African authorities to act quickly to protect foreign nationals.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Hedging can help protect a portfolio during periods of market turbulence, but it also has important drawbacks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Such related-party transactions must be disclosed to insurance regulators, a rule meant to limit conflicts of interest and protect policyholders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
I was afraid they would ask me, “Why didn’t you help us, Ida B? Why didn’t you protect us?”
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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"I am worried that this war will drag on... but thank God we're in a country that protects us."
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
First, therapies must cross the blood-brain barrier, a tightly controlled network of cells that protects the central nervous system from substances circulating in the bloodstream.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The move redefines “harm” under the Endangered Species Act, the landmark conservation law that protects threatened and endangered plants and animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Gold, he wrote, protects citizens from the confiscation of wealth through inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Our presence is essential to the magic that protects these walls.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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Constitutionally protected newsgathering is vital to a democracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The results directly challenged the idea that SuperAgers are protected simply because they carry fewer Alzheimer's related risk variants.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
If you’ve gotten two MMR doses, you’re well protected.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Clinical psychologist Cathy Grant said electrical stimulation briefly stopped Tilly from naming objects, helping surgeons identify tissue that needed to be protected.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
It was frightening now to see the walls disappearing—the walls that could have protected them from whoever or whatever was marching toward them.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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I say, “This is the gravity or severity of your child’s situation and how serious we need to be about protecting other people.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
And where his colleagues describe a trade-off, at least in the short run, between fighting inflation and protecting jobs, Warsh denies there is one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
When asked about their personal investments, 29% of advisers said that the importance of protecting their assets had increased since 2024, while only 4% said that protecting assets had become less important.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
"If the goal is protecting giant sequoias, prescribed fire is an essential tool available to managers."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Not that he would be able to do much protecting.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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