protectors

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Plus, gloves, helmets, elbow guards, leg protectors, arm sleeves, sliding mitts, cleats, turf shoes, the coolest sunglasses, Bruce Bolt batting gloves, fluorescent batting grips, socks, pants, belts and garments known simply as “ice-cream shorts.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

"Microglia are not simply destructive responders in Alzheimer's disease -- they can become the brain's protectors," explained Anne Schaefer, the senior author of the research and leader of the project.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

“Great giants… thirty feet high” and big-headed protectors, the kilikis and zaldikos.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

"I always sleep very well... we are really good protectors... the probability is really very, very low, so that's why it's not keeping me awake," said Vonk.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

They were the family’s own gods, belonging only to it, really the most important part of it, the protectors and defenders of the entire household.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton