as in protects
to drive danger or attack away from
vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country against attack
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as in ramparts
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as in buttresses
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as in embankments
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The roof’s steep metal surface not only protects the home from cold winds, but creates enough height for an additional sleeping loft.
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Colorado currently protects the right of transgender student-athletes to compete on school and collegiate sports teams that align with their gender identity.
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Finally, unable to stand down the household guard on her own, Alicent confesses her scheme to Helaena, who orders the sentries on the ramparts to hold fire when Rhaenyra flies in on Syrax.
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In 1946, Picasso set up his studio in Château Grimaldi, a former medieval castle perched above the ramparts.
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Researchers have been concerned that without their icy buttresses, these walls could collapse.
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Three setbacks provide space for landscaped terraces, and at these floors, the structural columns slope inward, becoming tall buttresses that reintegrate into the latticework.
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Riding mowers are not designed for wet conditions and are more likely to roll on embankments.
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Been there as communities have tried to tame the mighty waters with levees and embankments, and battled 100-pound invasive fish.
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The ruling retained the Fed’s special status in the government that shields it from interference by the White House—now or in the future.
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That case concerns a longstanding Supreme Court precedent that broadly shields members of such boards from being fired at will, in order to protect them from partisan interference.
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By the Second World War, pillboxes had become standard defense fortifications.
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Cannons and fortifications are also on the grounds.
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Oranje Bay, on the western side of the island, offered one of the deepest and safest nearshore anchorages in the Americas.
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One of the VLCCs openly signaled its location in one of the anchorages in the Gulf of Oman a few days ago.
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Based on Harper Lee's seminal novel, the movie casts Gregory Peck as lawyer Atticus Finch, who in Depression-era Alabama defends a Black man wrongly accused of raping a young white woman.
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The administration defends its actions, including massive layoffs at government health agencies, as necessary to eliminate wasteful spending.
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“Bulwarks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulwarks. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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