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honor guards

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plural of honor guard

as in defenders

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OpenAI is also sharing its architecture and lessons from its previous sprint, along with a blueprint for empowering cyber defenders across industry and government.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Johnson’s 15-yard run in the third quarter, a play during which five Denver defenders had a shot, was a big moment in a touchdown drive.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026

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Among the most intriguing possibilities, Brouhard said, is that Gulf nations exporting oil are surreptitiously paying Iran fees in exchange for safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz – even as they’re secured by US military escorts.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Stahl, Yesh Din’s executive director, said Katz’s announcement wouldn’t change or help stem the violence because police will still require army escorts to operate in Palestinian areas.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

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He was dressed in his campaign uniform of a Carhartt jacket over a tight black T-shirt and dark-wash jeans, and accompanied by his three bodyguards.

— Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
Godfrey proposes a pan-European fleet of orbital bodyguards patrolling clusters of European assets to ward off future Russian attempts to jam or damage the satellites.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026

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Hegseth has justified those removals in the vaguest of terms, which has convinced most observers that the real reason amounts to little more than because these officers followed the lawful orders of the previous administration.

— Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026
At the peak of the Taurid meteor shower, observers in areas with little light pollution can typically expect to see a modest 10 to 15 meteors per hour, Thompson said.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

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