guard against
Example Sentences
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Financial planning has typically treated a long life as a blessing and an early death as the tragedy to guard against.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Fed cut interest rates by 1.75 percentage points over the last two years to guard against the risks of a weakening labor market amid signs inflation was heading to its 2% goal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Over the past week, she has sought anticipatory bail to guard against possible arrest.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Three of its jobs were for “content security” to assess AI tools and guard against piracy, watermarking and rights-protection work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
In any case, it’s easy to get sentimental about the dead, and to guard against that I want to tell a quick Curt Lemon story.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
