protective
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But I just get very protective of my space and once the outside world's shut off then I think I do change quite a lot compared to what goes out, if that makes sense.
From BBC
But the author’s sympathies extend well beyond the girls to the stalwart, fiercely protective aunt and grandmother who raise them, plus the many people who help shape their late adolescence and early adulthood.
After the firefighters testified over the course of three weeks, city attorneys invoked a general protective order that any party in the litigation can designate testimony as confidential for up to 30 days.
From Los Angeles Times
“He’s being very protective,” Bryant said of the renter, whom the group isn’t identifying to help protect the bears’ location.
From Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff, who approved the protective order, said Thursday that he wasn’t ready to give the county the green light.
From Los Angeles Times
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