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rear guards

noun

plural of rear guard

as in firing squads

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Dan Higgins, left, watches as the roof sections are installed in a memorial shelter honoring his brother, Jeff, in November 2025.

— Logan Smith, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Shockingly, only a day or so later, on the night of October 13, 2025, the very same museum was robbed again, this time of several watches and jewelry, estimated to be worth over €1 million.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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Throughout the conflict, the Hmeimem air base and the Tartus naval base were key Russian military outposts in the eastern Mediterranean.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Together, the discoveries suggest the villa’s residents embraced a distinctly Roman lifestyle despite living in what was then one of the empire’s westernmost outposts.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

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Park rangers and mountain guides install and maintain snow pickets — which are used to help build anchors for extra protection on areas like steep slopes — between the high camp and Denali Pass, the park has said.

— Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Park rangers and mountain guides install and maintain snow pickets — which are used to help build anchors for extra protection on areas like steep slopes — between the high camp and Denali Pass, the park says.

— Becky Bohrer, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026

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In humans, traits such as neuroticism and recklessness appear to have some evolutionary basis—emerging perhaps to provide our species with sentries who alerted us to threats, and with explorers who led the way to new food sources.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Finally, unable to stand down the household guard on her own, Alicent confesses her scheme to Helaena, who orders the sentries on the ramparts to hold fire when Rhaenyra flies in on Syrax.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026

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