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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Liberal-leaning television networks were a megalith, and First Amendment-protected besides.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025 -
Our legal system has painstakingly determined the narrow range of speech that is not legally protected, such as speech that is intended to — and in fact does — incite imminent lawless action.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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This week, Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson defended the decision to drop the case.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Many people hailed her audacious attempt, while others defended her for not wanting to leave the house.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Federal facilities are often already guarded and screened by security officers.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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There was a mean-spiritedness that the white COs up in the mountains had for us that the Black and brown ones who guarded us in Sing Sing did not.—
John J. Lennon
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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Once sensitive information is shared, it must be carefully safeguarded.—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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This ensures our culture is safeguarded despite the climate crisis, and is accessible to all Tuvaluans at home and abroad.—
Feleti Penitala Teo,
Time,
22 Sep. 2025
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As the founding curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Craig Inciardi had a front row seat to decades of music history that was largely shielded from the public.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
28 Sep. 2025
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Infiniti was deep into production on One Battle when Presumed Innocent premiered, so she was shielded from the bulk of the attention and intrigue that came her way.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Bulwarked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulwarked. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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