protective
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According to ECU Associate Professor Catherine Bondonno, the protective effect associated with nitrate-rich vegetables may be related to how the body processes nitrate.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Slow-motion replays show the puck may have struck the protective visor on McNabb’s helmet near his eyes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The drug industry has been trying for years to develop tricks to shuttle the drugs that treat Alzheimer’s disease through the body’s protective brain-blood barrier, which blocks 99% of a dose from reaching the brain.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
"Congress alone declares war, that's something certainly we need to be protective of," Barrett, a Republican from Michigan, said.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
About how she has always been protective of him around us, but maybe that was for one reason, when I had assumed another.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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“About Edward Jenner” from the Jenner Institute
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