on guard
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All, however, steered well clear of the federal Ethiopian soldiers on guard at the university and the Tigray Martyrs Memorial Monument, which commemorates the TPLF's 16 years of struggle against the Marxist-Leninist Derg government.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Yet the Fed also has to be on guard against higher energy prices shaping how consumers and businesses view inflation in the long run.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
Jonathan Romain, the former rabbi of Maidenhead synagogue in Berkshire, now regularly spends his Shabbat mornings standing outside it on guard duty.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
On top of that, we now have to be on guard at one of the most vulnerable moments of our careers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
As soon as we all were inside, the escort sergeant shut the barred door and locked it behind him, leaving the rest of the Marines who had escorted us outside on guard.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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