protector

Example Sentences

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McKinney told The Times he envisions himself as “a protector, as the local prosecutor, and a defender, as the general counsel of the city.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

“Charge my phone?” asked another, and Gil submitted the device into a tangle of cords growing from a surge protector.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Some films cast the King of the Monsters as a protector unconsciously joining humanity – and occasionally, King Kong – to fend off some mammoth existential evil.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

The poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote that “the highest form of love is to be the protector of another person’s solitude.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Then he makes the hand signal they use in Firestride, the one that means you’re a part of the secret resistance group—that you’re a protector of the planet.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy