gatekeeper
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From 1948 to 1974, as gatekeeper at Airlie Gardens, Evans inhabited a neoclassical Eden where, locally celebrated, she made and sold her work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The gatekeeper was the most commonly spotted butterfly in Devon and Cornwall.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
In findings published in Science Advances, the team showed that the MPS acts as a physical gatekeeper for nearly every major type of endocytosis.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
This lone holdout is clarifying: If one index gatekeeper could keep its standards, the others didn’t have to lower theirs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Our miniature caravan hustled into the side gate of Korla with apologies to the old gatekeeper, who had just settled down into a barber’s chair.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
“Circus performers are not gatekeepers in any way,” she notes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
And while I understand not wanting to give fashion gatekeepers the benefit of the doubt, it’s positively stupefying to me that anyone could read that and think, “This is a huge mistake.”
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Homer-haunted himself, he travels to obscure places, winning the trust of the gatekeepers and key-holders he meets, to commune with those who have shared his form of possession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
It urged cinemas to "act as gatekeepers for the audience, and clearly reject films that are obviously not up to standard instead of letting films like Niu Lai run rampant".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Crete came into sight; they landed, and the Seasons, the gatekeepers of Olympus, arrayed her for her bridal.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
