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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The dad’s a security guard, the mom trying to keep the home up.
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Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
The video also shows a security guard from El Jardin restaurant intervening and breaking up the assault, then appearing to return to the restaurant.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
The three other victims killed in the shooting were Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner, security guard Aland Etienne and Rudin Management associate Julia Hyman.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025
That incident happened during the fourth quarter, with less than a minute left on the clock, and television cameras caught the toy before a laughing security guard removed it with a towel.
—Zach Powell, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
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Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
The video also shows a security guard from El Jardin restaurant intervening and breaking up the assault, then appearing to return to the restaurant.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
The three other victims killed in the shooting were Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner, security guard Aland Etienne and Rudin Management associate Julia Hyman.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025
That incident happened during the fourth quarter, with less than a minute left on the clock, and television cameras caught the toy before a laughing security guard removed it with a towel.
—Zach Powell, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Security guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20guard. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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