protectors

Example Sentences

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A low-cost approach worked for batteries and surge protectors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

It was on the ship that we got one of the defining pictures of the whole operation - Maduro in handcuffs, wearing ear protectors and a type of blindfold that looked like dark sunglasses.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 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

When he'd forced Catelyn to accept her protectors, she had insisted that he be guarded as well, and the lords bannermen had agreed.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin