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Recent Examples of guardrail
When leaders chase scale without guardrails, mission becomes optional.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
For an unknown reason, the truck ran off the road to the right and struck a guardrail several times before rolling over.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
When stopping by the roadside is your only option, position your vehicle as far off the road as possible, ideally beyond guardrails.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
The hard truth is that Chicago’s biggest threat is our own lack of institutional guardrails.
—Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
For an unknown reason, the truck ran off the road to the right and struck a guardrail several times before rolling over.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
When stopping by the roadside is your only option, position your vehicle as far off the road as possible, ideally beyond guardrails.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
The hard truth is that Chicago’s biggest threat is our own lack of institutional guardrails.
—Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardrail
Noun
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The footage also showed Shadduck grabbing the railing to her steps and shaking it with both hands, the report states, adding that deputies found two bloody handprints on the railing.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Supporters were spilling over each other in the stands and pressed up against the railings, sauced and sweaty and singing and cheering their boys on.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Accessibility This hotel is well-equipped for guests who need everything from adjustable showers to grab rails, lowered in-room view points and alarm clock telephone ringers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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This area, the company reports, the site has direct access to Lake Erie and the Great Lakes shipping corridor, multi-line CN rail connectivity and an existing on-site substation.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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“Guardrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardrail. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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