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protecting

[pruh-tek-ting] / prəˈtɛk tɪŋ /
















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The government also guaranteed it would pay a minimum price for some of MP’s output, further protecting the company against losses from potential Chinese dumping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

So, that’s just really my goal — running the floor always and closing out possessions with rebounds and protecting the rim.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Last month, Kuwait's emir issued a decree aimed at "securing and protecting the supreme interests of military entities".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

In mid-December 2020, federal officials responsible for protecting American elections from fraud converged in a windowless, dim, fortified room at the Justice Department’s downtown Washington, D.C., headquarters.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

The men who were already stationed on the airfield ran to push the newcomers into the defensive trenches, protecting them with their own bodies.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein