security guard
noun
: a person whose job is to guard a place (such as a store or museum) and make sure the people and things in it are not harmed
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At the entrance, the security guard gawks.
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Police spoke to a security guard who later told them that a man living out of a Jeep — later identified as Stevenson — had confronted a group of burglars attempting to break into a marijuana dispensary and exchanged gunfire with them.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Hostages and Missing Families Forum Rom Braslavski, 21, is from Jerusalem and was working as a security guard at the Nova music festival.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Hutcherson starred in the original as a nighttime security guard at Freddys Fazbear’s Pizza, where the animatronic mascots are prone to murder.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Police spoke to a security guard who later told them that a man living out of a Jeep — later identified as Stevenson — had confronted a group of burglars attempting to break into a marijuana dispensary and exchanged gunfire with them.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Hostages and Missing Families Forum Rom Braslavski, 21, is from Jerusalem and was working as a security guard at the Nova music festival.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Hutcherson starred in the original as a nighttime security guard at Freddys Fazbear’s Pizza, where the animatronic mascots are prone to murder.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for security guard
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“Security guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20guard. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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