bulwark
Example Sentences
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He added: “But if history is any guide, the tables will turn and the day will come when those disappointed by today’s result will appreciate the legislative process for the bulwark of liberty it is.”
From Los Angeles Times
It also provided a bulwark against the expansion of Iranian influence, as it was near the routes from Iraq that were used to supply Iranian-backed forces in Syria.
As for the Brits, they no longer have an empire, but they remain a close U.S. ally, and the partnership has been a bulwark of global freedom for a century.
That has served as a bulwark against economic headwinds, such as tariffs.
From Barron's
During World War II, Greenland provided the Allies a bulwark thanks to its strategic location in the contested North Atlantic.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
