as in guard
a person or group of people whose job is to protect someone
They entered the building surrounded by bodyguards.
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Recent Examples of bodyguard
In October of that year, Brown and a bodyguard were accused of assaulting a man on a Washington, DC sidewalk.
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Elizabeth Wagmeister and Dan Heching, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
In 1926, Weiss and his bodyguard were gunned down on the street while walking to fellow gangster Dion O'Banion's flower shop on north State Street.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Recorder Stephen Richer had to get bodyguards because of her attacks; and Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates is stepping down because of election-denier harassment that has left him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
The man claims that Combs and his bodyguards made threats toward him before leaving the stockroom.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
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Elizabeth Wagmeister and Dan Heching, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
In 1926, Weiss and his bodyguard were gunned down on the street while walking to fellow gangster Dion O'Banion's flower shop on north State Street.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Recorder Stephen Richer had to get bodyguards because of her attacks; and Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates is stepping down because of election-denier harassment that has left him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
The man claims that Combs and his bodyguards made threats toward him before leaving the stockroom.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bodyguard
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Khaleel Sayyed and Walter Bowe, X’s chief guards at the time, would corroborate that statement, as they were both arrested and detained on bogus charges in the days leading up to X’s murder.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Right guard Quinn Meinerz plays two spots inside Forsyth on the field goal unit.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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Sean Duffy Duffy is a former House member from Wisconsin who was one of Trump’s most visible defenders on cable news.Thomas Beaumont, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
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Denver’s 9-play, 70-yard scoring drive, which resulted in Nix throwing a touchdown pass to tight end Nate Adkins to take a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, featured Bolles overpowering defenders.Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2024
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In these accounts parents act as guardians and the children are the beneficiaries until the child reaches the age of majority (usually 18, but sometimes 21) in their state.Stephanie Dhue,Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the older strata, the animals were preserved in three dimensions, often in sleeping positions or in nests, or as a guardian of nests, a predator attacking a mammal, or even dinos locked in a fight.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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The accompanying adult must remain at the gate until the child has boarded; an escort with the airline will help the children to the gate for connecting flights, if any, and to the adult meeting them at their destination.Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
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With the Ambassador Assist program, travelers can book either a curb-to-gate escort, which will bring them directly to their departure gate or an airport lounge or restaurant, or a curb-to-Clear escort, which drops them off at airport security.Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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At that point, the department planned to test the pilot during two patrol shifts.Serena Lin, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The pursuit wound its way through crowded streets in the middle of the afternoon According to the complaint, a uniformed patrol officer spotted the Chevrolet Trax near North 17th Street and West Vliet Avenue around 2:30 p.m. June 20.Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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In one incident on Saturday, a convoy of 109 UN aid trucks was looted at gunpoint.Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
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Our convoy quickly veered off onto a dirt track, heading deeper into Darfur.Clarissa Ward, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
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She was relentlessly attacked and ridiculed on social media and on picket signs.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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National Association of Letter Carriers NWI Southshore 580 joined many other letter carrier locals on Oct. 14 by hosting an informational picket outside the Old Lake County Courthouse to spread the word since Post Office workers by law are not allowed to strike.Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Bodyguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bodyguard. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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