guardian angels

plural of guardian angel
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 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
  • Ciske has also gotten creative in making sure kids can keep coming with their guardians.
    Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Both biological parents and those with parental responsibility over children, including legal guardians and foster parents, would be eligible for the exemption.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But cities tend to be where people go out looking for birds, trying to find them before the rats get them, or before custodians sweep them away.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bearzot didn’t select a replacement for Antognoni, instead playing both Gentile and Bergomi and switching to a system featuring five defenders in front of 40-year-old goalkeeper Dino Zoff, the side’s captain.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Smolen scrambled and threw a high pass into the end zone, where Thompson was smothered by three defenders.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 22-piece set has sauce pans, frying pans, stock pots, eight lids, and protectors.
    Shalwah Evans, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Gone is the insurance of daunting rim protectors like Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen.
    Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The murder led to a wave of support for the governor's killer, Mumtaz Qadri, one of Taseer's bodyguards, who was hailed by some as a hero and defender of Islam.
    NPR, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • His bodyguards came back and told him the convoy would not be able to pass.
    Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Guardian angels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardian%20angels. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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