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
In the space of a few minutes, five people are shot and killed at the resort: Jim, Jim’s bodyguards, Chelsea, and Rick.
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Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
My guess for who dies is Rick and then some of the criminals or bodyguards.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The court ruled that Le Pen had used four party employees as parliamentary assistants, including her personal assistant and her bodyguard, misusing European Union funds for her own political party.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
However, in the exchange of gunfire, Chelsea was shot by one of the bodyguards and died.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
My guess for who dies is Rick and then some of the criminals or bodyguards.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The court ruled that Le Pen had used four party employees as parliamentary assistants, including her personal assistant and her bodyguard, misusing European Union funds for her own political party.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
However, in the exchange of gunfire, Chelsea was shot by one of the bodyguards and died.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bodyguard
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With the game on the line, New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson didn’t flinch.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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O'Reilly says this pushing of the envelope is largely because Mon is so caught off guard by Krennic's presence.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
3 May 2025
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Starting guard Andrew Nembhard grew as a perimeter defender this season and just did well against Damian Lillad (pre-injury) in the first round.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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From cutting off government contracts to raising questions about security clearances, the administration has sharpened its tools to challenge the legal industry’s influence — moves that critics call retaliatory and defenders describe as an overdue assertion of executive power.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
3 May 2025
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The district also has 14 area security managers and about 90 armed guardians, positions that didn’t exist prior to Stoneman Douglas.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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The hackers are now requesting additional ransoms from individual schools for this data, as one Toronto district outlined in a letter this week to parents and guardians.—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
8 May 2025
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To enlist the help of a professional—more specifically, an escort who’s more than willing to show her everything, from foreplay to more-than-missionary bedroom positions.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
1 May 2025
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India's navy posted an aerial image of an aircraft carrier and escorts heading in the direction of Pakistan amid mounting tensions between the two nuclear rivals following the killing of at least 26 tourists in Kashmir.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Randy Haight – at the time a young patrol officer who was at the crime scene — met his partner at the hospital.—
Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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Some have expressed concerns that patrol officers would be taken out of the field to backfill certain desk jobs.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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Armed convoys are rumbling toward Pakistan’s border with India.—
Salman Masood,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Videos showed that the convoy of marked ambulances were driving with headlights and flashing emergency lights on.—
Kareem Khadder,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2025
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From 1910 to 2001, the Liberty Crest Apartments were known as the Lorton Reformatory, a prison in Lorton, Virginia that housed inmates from Washington, D.C. It is more widely known as the site where many suffragists were held after the Silent Sentinels pickets at the White House in 1917.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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More than 400 of the 600 unionized workers took part in the pickets at the distributor’s Hunts Point headquarters on E. 149th St. in the Bronx and at other facilities owned by the company on Metropolitan Ave.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Bodyguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bodyguard. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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