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
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
John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulwarked
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As a child, Sky Roberts remembers how his big sister Virginia protected him.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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The Wizards hope that an early lottery pick will join that nucleus this offseason, but the team owes a top-eight protected 2026 first-round pick to the New York Knicks.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Government officials have defended officers’ actions as necessary and justified, while giving misleading or false accounts of some clashes.—
Natasha Korecki,
NBC news,
14 Feb. 2026
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As protests have mounted in major cities in recent months in response to ICE actions, White House officials have defended their immigration record.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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Both public parks and private allotments served as compensation for a long process of enclosing public commons to make the urban and rural landscapes of today, in which territories are divided, fenced, and often guarded.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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He’s guarded some of the best players in the league.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
18 Feb. 2026
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Nancy Guthrie's home was safeguarded by a Nest doorbell camera, a common security option for many Americans.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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All those billion plus users need to upgrade to ensure their phones and data are safeguarded.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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But in the 1960s, the Scandinavian nation scrapped the program under pressure from the United States, whose nuclear arsenal has shielded Europe for about 80 years.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Her makeup was, for the most part, shielded by her sunglasses, leaving only her brown and nude lip to shine.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Bulwarked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulwarked. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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