honor guard
noun
: a guard assigned to a ceremonial duty (such as to accompany a casket at a military funeral)
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The father of three exited AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Thursday morning to applause from local officers and an escort from the honor guard.
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Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 18 June 2026
No previous American leader could plausibly have presided over the scene of a tattooed Brazilian fighter in a black cowboy hat and Lycra shorts running out of the White House, saluted by honor guards, with the intent of pulverizing another human being.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
The military funeral honors at a service will include an honor guard with at least two members of the military, one of whom will represent the decedent’s branch of service, the playing of Taps and the folding and presentation of one American flag to the next of kin, according to the VA.
—Darleene Powells, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
Xi later arrived at Pyongyang’s main square, where a military honor guard and thousands of people, including children carrying balloons and hopping, staged a welcoming ceremony.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
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Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 18 June 2026
No previous American leader could plausibly have presided over the scene of a tattooed Brazilian fighter in a black cowboy hat and Lycra shorts running out of the White House, saluted by honor guards, with the intent of pulverizing another human being.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
The military funeral honors at a service will include an honor guard with at least two members of the military, one of whom will represent the decedent’s branch of service, the playing of Taps and the folding and presentation of one American flag to the next of kin, according to the VA.
—Darleene Powells, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
Xi later arrived at Pyongyang’s main square, where a military honor guard and thousands of people, including children carrying balloons and hopping, staged a welcoming ceremony.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
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“Honor guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honor%20guard. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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