protective
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At times, they draw that line in different places - Habboo is more instinctively protective of what should remain private while Laing is more comfortable letting even the most personal moments play out on screen.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Farther away, at the Glogow smelter, two workers in protective suits, armed with long lances, open huge furnaces where the ore is melted.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
In this scenario, Starship would act as a protective shield and slow the spacecraft down as it enters the planet's atmosphere.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
It urged the crypto industry to adopt new protective measures before quantum computers become powerful enough to exploit those vulnerabilities.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Its effectiveness was limited by shifting wind directions, and by the rapid development of protective gas masks.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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