Bulwarks Definition & Meaning

Examples of bulwark in a Sentence

Noun democratic principles that stand as a bulwark against tyranny Verb vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country against a terrorist attack

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Karina Ceron, who does communications for Wisdom of the Elders, said preserving stories like those that Goodness told served as a bulwark against centuries of colonization and oppression. — oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2022 China and Russia have long been allies, extending back to the Cold War, and view their alliance as a bulwark against Western power. — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022 To deal with the new reality, the U.S. realized, Germany—or at least the bit of Germany under Allied control—would need to be rebuilt as a bulwark against the Soviet Union. — Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2022 The White House pivot has also put the U.S. and its vast oil and gas reserves in shale rock back at the center of a global scramble for energy resources as a bulwark against petrostates and authoritarian regimes. — Timothy Puko, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2022 At the time, Randazzo was winding down a storied career as a legal and political bulwark against renewable energy in Ohio. — cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022 But Poland has used its role as a NATO bulwark — and as the primary entrance point for Ukrainian refugees — to overhaul its relationship with Brussels. — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2022 The show, which airs at 5 p.m. — not typically a bulwark of top viewing in the TV business — lured an average audience of around 3.68 million for the first three months of the year. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Mar. 2022 The alliance that Vladimir Putin blames for his assault on Ukraine originated as a defensive bulwark against Soviet aggression. — The Week, 19 Mar. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb The goal is to bulwark oil and gas against ambitious climate change policies by claiming the moral high ground — even as those fuels kindle a global crisis that disproportionately harms people who aren’t white. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2020 The company is hoping to bulwark itself in an uncertain economy. — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 4 May 2020 Iconic businesses would be boarded up, as if bulwarked against some invading army. — James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2020 But so is lasting peace, bulwarked by the safeguarding of human rights — particularly for Afghan women — and the prevention of Afghanistan again becoming a haven for terrorism. — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 2019 Even Einstein, the prototypical loner, was bulwarked by a vast correspondence of arguing and discussion. — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2016 See More

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