old guard

Example Sentences

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If Broadway is changing faster than the old guard can keep pace, the same is true for the culture in general.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 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

To Palantir’s old guard, the FDE remains as deeply misunderstood as ever, despite its newfound fame — a role that rivals are culturally appropriating while ignoring the often grueling engineering process it entails.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

By 1904, the congregation’s old guard had dismissed his preference for sermons presented in English rather than Yiddish, which many of their immigrant family members still preferred.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Just straight talk from a couple of Harlem’s old guard.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz