rear guard
Example Sentences
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"The rear guard repair features a breakaway design that pivots away from the treadmill when it comes into contact with a person or object, shutting off power to the unit and decelerating the belt."
From Reuters • May 18, 2023
In private WhatsApp messages with a special adviser, he said he had to take "rear guard action" to ensure schools did not open, while the then-education secretary was battling to keep children in school.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023
No one thinks these defensive units would have any chance of staving off the Russian army, but military experts say they could form a kind of insurgent rear guard, harassing and disruptive invading forces.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2022
But they appeared to be the rear guard of an army in retreat.
From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2021
It was well past moonrise before the baggage train and rear guard straggled in.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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