old guard
Example Sentences
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College football’s old guard may not like the way Kiffin does business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Yet in their rush to destroy the old guard, Weiss and Ellison have overlooked the fact that they left behind an elite corps of unemployed, highly motivated investigative journalists with nothing left to lose.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
"We may have a new chairman, but the old guard is now worried about where the economy has moved since the beginning of the year," Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
It's a big moment: a grand reminder that the old guard has given way to the new.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Just straight talk from a couple of Harlem’s old guard.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
