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
The guard, from northern Evros, says his superior mentioned that this system was already being employed in the region's south.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 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
Outside this office a guard pointed me down a corridor into still another room.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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