guard
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But the accumulated costs over time can balloon to a sum that can catch budget-conscious seniors off guard.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
While he was in hospital he was under 24-hour guard by prison officers but it was not deemed necessary to handcuff him.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Inexorably, Mr. McCarthy drives toward the view that what ails American men is the macho belief that men should always have their guard up, never complaining or revealing what’s going on inside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
For Lakers guard Marcus Smart, there is one way to compete with the Rockets on the backboards.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Now keys rattled outside my own: a very young guard in a very new uniform bounded in.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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