as in protected
to drive danger or attack away from
vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country against attack
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Recent Examples of bulwarked
The Lost Cause was fortified by presidential power and bulwarked for a century by Jim Crow.
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Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
Providing one of the emotional high points at Locarno’s Spanish Previews, the production has been bulwarked recently by a pre-sale to national pubcaster RTVE and an ICAA Spanish film agency grant.
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John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 Nov. 2025
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
Providing one of the emotional high points at Locarno’s Spanish Previews, the production has been bulwarked recently by a pre-sale to national pubcaster RTVE and an ICAA Spanish film agency grant.
—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulwarked
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If a co-worker asks for help, set a clear window so your schedule stays protected.
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And in Western water law, that place in line — senior rights — guarantees that when drought hits, your share is protected.
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So far, Milei has defended his Cabinet chief, even as the scandal damaged his government’s public image, constrained his political leverage in negotiations with allies and undermined his communication about spending cuts to Argentines scraping by on salaries that increasingly fall behind inflation.
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Legal counsel for the Department of Homeland Security defended the administration's actions, citing the long-standing effort to terminate the program.
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In addition to the extra security guards milling about, many of the areas that were formerly open to the public were closed off by fences and guarded exits.
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That model made sense when information asymmetry was real, industry databases were thin, founders raised locally and underwriting models were guarded like trade secrets.
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Regarding Jersey Mike's, the complaint says the chain should have safeguarded the sandwich in a sanitary and tamper-resistant manner.
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The report concluded that civilian infrastructure, civilian areas, and cultural heritage sites must be safeguarded.
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The announcement came the same day the Supreme Court shielded the maker of the herbicide Roundup from most cancer-warning lawsuits.
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Tourists still lined up outside the iconic museum, as visitors shielded themselves with parasols and umbrellas.
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“Bulwarked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulwarked. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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