as in guardians
someone that protects
his work with the pet rescue center has led many to hail him as a guardian angel and friend to all animals
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Recent Examples of guardian angels
Pay careful attention to insights, you’re plugged in to your guardian angels now.
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Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2026
Pay careful attention to insights; you’re plugged in to your guardian angels now.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
But the author leaned upon another literary tradition, that of Latin American magical realism, in his tale of how a civil war in heaven was pulling guardian angels from their duties and plunging New York City into unrecognizable chaos.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2025
Calling on your spirit guides, guardian angels, or ancestors?
—Usa Today, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2026
Pay careful attention to insights; you’re plugged in to your guardian angels now.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
But the author leaned upon another literary tradition, that of Latin American magical realism, in his tale of how a civil war in heaven was pulling guardian angels from their duties and plunging New York City into unrecognizable chaos.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2025
Calling on your spirit guides, guardian angels, or ancestors?
—Usa Today, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardian angels
Noun
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The letter instructed parents and guardians to immediately call a doctor and shelter at home if their child develops symptoms associated with measles.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Jan. 2026
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In order to pick up a student, parents and guardians will be required to have a photo ID and be listed in Skyward as eligible to pick up the student.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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The first move by its latest custodians was a $NZ 25 million (approximately $14 million) makeover for the famed lodge.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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Your Kansas tax dollars pay for salaries of state employees, from university chancellors and aerospace researchers to prison guards and custodians.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2026
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Excitement for young defenders in Year 2 The Panthers’ 2025 draft class has earned rave reviews over the past several months.—
Mike Kaye
Updated January 26,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2026
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The 24-year-old succeeds against all three levels of the pass defense, blocks well against defensive backs and even front-seven defenders and runs for yards off jet-motion touches, screens and downfield passes.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2026
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There's an opportunity to turn a quick profit Gold and silver, traditionally, have been considered income protectors versus income producers.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Since floors like vinyl are prone to scratching, Stein always recommends adding furniture protectors to the bottom of your furniture.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
23 Dec. 2025
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Educators and parents in the district have been working as chauffeurs, delivery drivers, bodyguards, and deterrence squads.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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But as Duterte’s father, Vicente, had increasingly gravitated toward Malacañang, his son hung out with the family bodyguards—and crafted the persona of a rough-talking bugoy, or hoodlum, in his native Bisayan tongue.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Guardian angels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardian%20angels. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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