guard
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As millions watched Indiana point guard Tyrese Haliburton turn the 2025 National Basketball Association Finals into a spectacle, an artificial-intelligence-generated ad came across screens between possessions for Kalshi: “The world’s gone mad, trade it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Both companies have seen a dramatic increase in their market values since then — and now there’s been a changing of the guard.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
And star guard Austin Reaves, who also was injured in the April 2 game against the Thunder, returned to help beat the Rockets.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
But polling showed voters were adamant: at 78, Mills literally represented the old guard and the party base wants to move on.
From Barron's • May 3, 2026
But when the lieutenant returned to the room a guard from the women’s wing was with him.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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