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protect

[pruh-tekt] / prəˈtɛkt /


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The city wasn’t doing its job, Stefanie Keenan had told me, so she was spending her own money to protect herself and neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Researchers often protect quantum memories from environmental interference using microwave pulses that separate, or decouple, the memory from surrounding noise.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

"We need clear EU rules to protect and strong enforcement to make sure new technologies don't come at the expense of our fundamental rights," she said.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

The paper says that the proposal's opponents argued that the bill's safeguards would not be enough to protect vulnerable people from being coerced.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Even sheep and goats have barns to sleep in to protect them from the cold and the wolves.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Rather than focusing only on killing cancer cells directly, the strategy is designed to alter the surrounding environment that protects them.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

The defendants, including “Quiet on Set” producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz, triumphed under California’s anti-SLAPP law, which protects against frivolous lawsuits.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

“Decommodification,” the Burning Man Project says, protects its culture “from being leveraged to promote, support or market a person, product, company or any kind of commercial endeavor.”

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

Implementing a Community Air Monitoring Program before seeking community approval protects resident health and reduces resistance to data center construction.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

I'm going to have to get in closer and see if I can't discover what exactly protects the supplies.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

So too in Massachusetts, where “the right to clean air and water’ has been constitutionally protected since 1972.”

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

On that day and in the immediate aftermath, Americans and those who admired America spoke about what made our country good: Our constitutionally protected and culturally lauded freedoms, including of speech, religion, and the press.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

"The people who are responsible for doing this in the first place seem to have got away from it, they seem to be protected and buffered and inured," Sheen said.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

He transferred his bouncer skills to a bodyguard career, where he protected high-profile clients including Michael Jackson, LeVar Burton and Diana Ross.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

She worried that all the chemicals in the fire retardant couldn’t be good for him, but at least it had protected him a little.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Insects also have waxy molecules called cuticular hydrocarbons that coat their exoskeletons protecting them from desiccation.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

To my fellow Americans who offered solidarity after 9/11: Thank you for protecting me.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The Catalina Island Conservancy, the private nonprofit land trust tasked with protecting most of Catalina’s 48,000 acres, previously announced the project it deemed “limited deer removal” was scheduled to run from September through October.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

So I’m trying to balance several things: honoring my mother’s wishes, treating my brother fairly, protecting his children’s educational opportunities, and not creating an expectation that I will ultimately be responsible for supporting my brother.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

Cat had a flash of that same feeling she had when she met John Harvey that day on the beach—that he was someone who needed protecting.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn




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