face guard

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Her attorneys compared the "reprehensible and utterly inappropriate" conditions there to Hannibal Lecter's incarceration in the 1991 movie "The Silence of the Lambs", "despite the absence of the cage and plastic face guard."

From Reuters • Aug. 14, 2023

Full hockey gear includes hockey gloves, hockey skates, hockey pants, a helmet with a full face guard, and pads to protect your elbows, shins and shoulders.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2022

Bertans dizzied his defenders, caught passes and turned them into three points so often that Sixers wing Mike Scott decided to face guard him 22 feet from the rim.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2019

He missed nearly two weeks after fouling a ball off his face and returned with a face guard attached to his helmet.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2016

Through the face guard of his skull-shaped helmet, he smiled.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan