Thesaurus results for BODYGUARD

bodyguard

noun

Definition of bodyguard

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 But after Chad refuses to follow Gerry’s demands during the team’s final game, Gerry storms onto the field to reveal his secret — only to be tackled by Tricia Yeager’s (Wynn Everett) bodyguard. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 Due to his military background and imposing stature, he was eventually hired as a celebrity bodyguard, protecting big names like Muhammad Ali, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, and Steve McQueen. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2026 Kavanaugh wrote an opinion in 2012 overturning the terrorism conviction of a driver and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 Cuban state television aired more than 10 minutes of footage Saturday night that showed Castro, 95, in his traditional olive-green military uniform, alongside his bodyguard and grandson, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro. — CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bodyguard

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Noun

The Hurricanes were missing a starting offensive lineman as right guard Max Buchanan is out for the foreseeable future with an injury.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Officials reviewed the play for a possible hostile act by Howard, but assessed no foul on the Atlanta guard.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of guard

Noun

At one point, Baugh had to leave the game when a Texas defender slammed him to the ground and knocked the wind out of him.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Suarez fought off an Atlanta defender to reach the ball in the box and flicked a lofted cross toward Berterame.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

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Officials said that parents and guardians may want to consider requesting a free credit freeze for their children who are under 16 to help prevent unauthorized accounts from being opened in the names of their children.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
ChatGPT is intended for users age 13 and older, and users under 18 need permission from a parent or guardian to use it, OpenAI said.

— Marc Levy, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of guardian

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The carrier and its escort ships were set to return to home port Thursday after a record 321-day deployment in the Middle East.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of escort

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Future of separatism Keith Wilson, another Alberta independence leader who was lead counsel for the 2022 convoy organizers, said separatists see the vote as a way to give Alberta more leverage in dealing with Ottawa, even short of independence.

— Rob Gillies, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
In 2009, armed men stopped a convoy of civilians, relatives, lawyers and journalists heading to submit election filings in Maguindanao and killed 58 people, at least 32 of them journalists and media workers.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of convoy

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Students sitting with arms linked at the elbows could only see in shards through a picket of shin guards, restricting their view of the area where classmates and roommates were dragged one by one and zip-tied face down on the spring grass.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
For wooden privacy fencing, the community’s guidelines specify a shadow-box style with dog-ear pickets and require the fence to have the same appearance from both sides.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

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