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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
In the movie, Kiefer, along with Charlie Sheen and Oliver Platt, who played the remaining two Musketeers, Aramis and Porthos, are the only three members of the French king's elite bodyguards who didn't turn against the king and fall for Cardinal Richelieu's plan to take over the throne.
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Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Elvis gifted both the bracelet and the ring to his longtime bodyguard, Memphis Mafia member Dave Hebler.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
The former Arizona senator is being accused of having an affair with her former bodyguard, Matthew Ammel, in a federal lawsuit filed in North Carolina by the man's ex-wife, Heather Ammel.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
From bodyguards in Nairobi to dogs in Montana Svalinn's earliest iteration didn't involve dogs at all.
—Megan Sauer
tasia Jensen, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
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Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Elvis gifted both the bracelet and the ring to his longtime bodyguard, Memphis Mafia member Dave Hebler.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
The former Arizona senator is being accused of having an affair with her former bodyguard, Matthew Ammel, in a federal lawsuit filed in North Carolina by the man's ex-wife, Heather Ammel.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
From bodyguards in Nairobi to dogs in Montana Svalinn's earliest iteration didn't involve dogs at all.
—Megan Sauer
tasia Jensen, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bodyguard
Noun
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In tennis, when the changing of the guard happens, the best often know.—
Patrick McEnroe,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Sooners sixth-year guard Nijel Pack scored a game-high 22 points on 8-of-15 shooting, which included 6 for 11 from three-point range.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Heaps is returning home while some other national team stars have gone to Europe in the past year, including defender Naomi Girma and Alyssa Thompson.—
Romi Bean,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Daniels is a perimeter defender and Green guards frontcourt players, and both are arguably the best in their respective roles.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Parents, guardians and others can also contribute up to $5,000 annually until children turn 18 years old.—
Jessica Dickler,Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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Apparently, the Meyers in Long Beach were ruled unfit as guardians, or Lynn refused to go back to them, so juvenile authorities located some blood relatives, possibly her father or half sister, and put her on a train back East.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Kelly and others screaming such obscenities as parishioners enter and exit the sanctuary has culminated in the parish’s requests for police escorts.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Jan. 2026
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Many of those women were paid escorts.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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Bovino joined the Border Patrol in 1996 and was named chief patrol agent of the El Centro Sector of Southern California in 2020, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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Today, his office oversees full-service patrol, investigations, warrant and civil divisions, a 400-bed facility and nearly 200 employees.—
Angela George,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
28 Jan. 2026
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The trip technically started in the capital city of Rihayd, and our convoy of roughly 10 Defender 110s (stock but decked out with rooftop tents) made its way from Hail down to Al Ula, with my trip concluding in Jeddah.—
Jerry Perez,
The Drive,
22 Jan. 2026
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When their convoy is brutally ambushed, Amber is forced to put her life in Tibor’s hands.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
19 Jan. 2026
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Or are the neighbor's dogs enjoying the gap between two pickets?—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
16 Jan. 2026
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The two were invited by Blue Cross to relocate the 30-minute picket — which featured a brief but coordinated step-tap dance number — from a grassy easement.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
3 Dec. 2025
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“Bodyguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bodyguard. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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