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honor guards

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plural of honor guard

as in defenders

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Below, Nico O’Reilly is on the goal line at the far post, away from the eye line of the opposition defenders, who are preoccupied with his team-mates.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Despite handwringing from the powers that be, genre defenders argued that was a literary history behind Sky of Love and its contemporaries.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

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All eyes on the Crab Rodríguez Castro entered through the back door of El Antojo restaurant in Old Havana several days later, flanked by bodyguards.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Members of the Jalisco cartel have been charged with orchestrating the attack and several of Manzo’s bodyguards were arrested for possible participation.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026

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Those alerts came alongside flood watches, warnings and emergencies sent to broadcast outlets, weather radios and mobile phones by the National Weather Service.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
With the World Cup, Wimbledon, and Hollywood premieres all happening in tandem, there has been no shortage of athletes and actors rocking noteworthy watches this week.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 July 2026

Definition of watches

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Industry observers view the DOE licensing agreement as an important milestone toward evaluating the commercial viability of the process.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
While the conflict has thus far been driven by advances in aerial drone technology, many observers predicted that the next major battlefield innovation would be the widespread employment of ground robots.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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