protect
Example Sentences
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“I just knew that we were going to sit in this tree and that it had something to do with protecting the forest.”
From Los Angeles Times
"As a result, litigation is a necessary step to protect the rights of the project," it added.
From Barron's
“In response, firms more than reversed the slight cut in charges seen a month prior, raising factory gate prices to the greatest extent in nine months in an effort to protect profit margin,” Bhatti said.
The Home Office said existing laws already protected public-facing workers, including traffic wardens, from abuse, harassment, and intimidation.
From BBC
Most of India’s highest tariffs are intended to protect its agriculture sector, which is the economic lifeline for more than 250 million people in the country of 1.4 billion.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
