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protect

[pruh-tekt] / prəˈtɛkt /


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My earlier analysis pointed to the three bulwarks against attempted election subversion—the state and local governments that administer elections, the courts that protect rights, and the American people who are democracy’s ultimate safeguard.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

A Home Office spokesperson said: "The Border Security Command works around the clock to monitor the Channel and protect our border."

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Vanuatu and Samoa have moved to protect their corals from imminent bleaching.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Fuel surcharges protect some carriers from price shocks by ensuring that shippers pay more when fuel prices rise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

“You can’t protect yourself from something you can’t see, Lexie.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

“We want to see a permanent management program for this river that protects minimum flows so that we don’t have the river going dry.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Your division of labor was a joint decision, and an equitable split protects the vulnerable party.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Maharashtra's government says the law protects people, particularly those who are socially or economically vulnerable, from being forced or deceived into changing their religion.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

"This same pathway that protects our cells from oxidants or toxins also likely protects cancer cells from therapies," Schmidt said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Jetty is like this big arm made of rocks that pokes out into the harbor and protects it from waves whenever there’s a storm.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

The two historic paprika-production centres are now recognised with the EU's protected designation of origin status.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

In tunnel field tests, strawberries protected by Plant Armor produced yields as much as 3.56 times higher than uncovered plants.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

In a blog post, WhatsApp, clarified parents would not be given the power to see the messages their teen is sending and receiving, which along with calls would stay private and protected by end-to-end encryption.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In a separate note, BOE Gov. Andrew Bailey warned that AI models threaten to operate outside the traditional frameworks for ensuring that the collective good is protected from individual actions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

On the Western Front, especially, trenches were protected by dense belts of barbed-wire entanglements strung between wooden posts or metal pickets.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Parents today are confronted by parenting styles including "helicopter parenting", which is focused on closely monitoring and protecting children from harm, and "tiger parenting", which involves strict parenting and high expectations for achievement.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

But Interior Minister Laurent Nunez stated that security forces "are not cracking down on young people" but rather "protecting" school and university students wishing to "peacefully voice their demands".

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

“The Task Force shall act as a coordinating body to ensure that the U.S. remains at the forefront of SI development while protecting the American people,” the task force charter states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

In this case, leucine appears to help cells adjust energy production according to nutrient availability by protecting key mitochondrial proteins from degradation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

“Some days, you may not understand the things I do, the things I’ve done,” Dad says, “but protecting you is my priority. A’ight?”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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