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bodyguard

noun

Definition of bodyguard

as in guard

a person or group of people whose job is to protect someone They entered the building surrounded by bodyguards.

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Recent Examples of bodyguard But after Chad refuses to follow Gerry’s demands during the team’s final game, Gerry storms onto the field to reveal his secret — only to be tackled by Tricia Yeager’s (Wynn Everett) bodyguard. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 Due to his military background and imposing stature, he was eventually hired as a celebrity bodyguard, protecting big names like Muhammad Ali, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, and Steve McQueen. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2026 Kavanaugh wrote an opinion in 2012 overturning the terrorism conviction of a driver and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 Cuban state television aired more than 10 minutes of footage Saturday night that showed Castro, 95, in his traditional olive-green military uniform, alongside his bodyguard and grandson, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro. — CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bodyguard

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Noun

Suamataia didn’t start at left guard on the offensive line for the Chiefs in their AFC West showdown with the Raiders.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Turns out, since Proctor has been a major catalyst in the run game, routinely moving defensive tackles at guard, there’s some thought that guard, and not tackle, might be his future home.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of guard

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Assistant federal defender Stephen Ferrell, the attorney for Christa Pike, said in a Sunday interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union that his client remains unconscious and intubated in a Nashville hospital.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Quiñonez’s teammates regard her as an above-average, highly aggressive defender, but assertive defense and foul trouble are often synonymous in college basketball.

— Jake McCreven, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of defender

Noun

Health insurers, meanwhile, are tasked with being guardians of the health care dollar and master negotiators.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Given that Chuy García continued to serve out his term despite the health issues his wife is experiencing and his new responsibilities as guardian of his grandchild, the other explanation does not hold water.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of guardian

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They were then transported on FedEx trucks emblazoned with images of pandas with a police escort through metro Atlanta to their final destination at the zoo.

— Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
On Monday morning, Leo's Air France charter received a military escort of two French fighter jets for the flight from Lourdes to Metz in a sign of respect.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of escort

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This summer, four officers from the traffic unit were moved into vacant positions in regular patrol and investigative units, and their former positions in traffic were eliminated.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Other participants included the Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland, US Navy and Royal Air Force P-8 maritime patrol aircraft, and US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of patrol

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The State Department condemned the aid convoy strike without naming who was responsible.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Then, just ahead of first light on September 22, 2025, an RCMP convoy was spotted on the highway that isn’t on the way to anywhere else.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of convoy

Noun

For wooden privacy fencing, the community’s guidelines specify a shadow-box style with dog-ear pickets and require the fence to have the same appearance from both sides.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
Nurses have been organizing and holding strikes and pickets at local Prime hospitals since Prime bought eight Illinois hospitals last year, and a ninth — Olympia Fields — earlier this year.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

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