shields

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From Salon

As many as 500 National Guard soldiers in each state or territory will be assigned to deploy in the U.S. on short notice and receive nonlethal training in crowd control, handling of detainees and use of batons, stun guns and body shields, according to Pentagon directives viewed by the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal

He speculated that "they are taking them as shields" in case of an attack.

From Barron's

After an autumn mostly clutching tackle shields, he owed his spot in the team to Fraser Dingwall's side strain.

From BBC

We’d much rather see professional players like Bowen Kerins or Keith Elwin narrate their gameplay in a tutorial video for an hour than watch another second of “Tilt,” the 1979 drama in which Brooke Shields plays a 14-year-old pinball prodigy who gets duped into a contrived grudge match against Charles Durning’s overconfident bar owner.

From Washington Post