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as in defending
to drive danger or attack away from
celebrities who are shielded by a cluster of bodyguards whenever they appear in public
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Recent Examples of shielding
Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
Waterproof bags are also great for shielding electronics from sand.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2026
Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
The first woman and first African to head the IOC, the five-time Olympic swimmer has worked to return the Games to the competitors by shielding them from political divisions and stressing unity and respect.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The bulk of the film features Bella, finally in vampire form, mastering her gift of shielding.
—Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
Waterproof bags are also great for shielding electronics from sand.
—Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
Board members have also signed non-disclosure agreements, previously shielding almost all of the process from public view.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
The first woman and first African to head the IOC, the five-time Olympic swimmer has worked to return the Games to the competitors by shielding them from political divisions and stressing unity and respect.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shielding
Noun
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Huntley is also part of a nearly 100-strong WhatsApp community of Newcastle academy alumni, which is regularly updated by Julie Smith, the safeguarding and wellbeing manager.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Executives and boards need to realize that choices made about the gathering, storing, and safeguarding of data have a direct impact on the risk and reputation of the company.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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For Boos, his efforts with the association over the last quarter century have been aimed at protecting the Wolf Lake watershed, and helping bring people together over the state line to further that goal.—
Paul Eisenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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But two German rifle cartridges with iron bullets suggest that Jews hid from the Nazis in this difficult to navigate terrain, further, if not poetically, attesting to the protective ambiance of the forests of Włodawa, Poland, preserving, if not protecting history and also human life.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Mar. 2026
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Mia Sato is features writer with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools.—
Mia Sato,
The Verge,
1 Mar. 2026
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Peter D'Abrosca is a reporter at Fox News Digital covering campus extremism in higher education.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Both OpenAI and Anthropic say users’ health information is kept separate from other types of data and is subject to additional privacy protections.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Avoid a short, no-win situation in mid-May, then buckle up for popularity, heightened ambitions, new clarity and cosmic protection over all.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026
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The Celtics went cold as the half wound down, scoring just five points in the final six minutes, and had trouble defending the full-speed Antetokounmpo drives that made up most of Milwaukee’s offense.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
3 Mar. 2026
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Comedian Funches spent numerous episodes defending his honor as a faithful, as the other players nit-picked his actions and reserved demeanor.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
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But Seattle has tried to support his game in different ways, with extreme sheltering in terms of quality of competition and deployment.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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All this sheltering has created an economic crisis that has grown worse by the day.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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In addition to regular forces, thousands of temporary police officers have been deployed, and army troops — generally confined to barracks — are patrolling streets and guarding polling stations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Founders did not anticipate that lawmakers, instead of jealously guarding their legislative authority, would prefer to leave the president holding the bag in case military action turns out to be unpopular.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Shielding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shielding. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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