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guarded

[gahr-did] / ˈgɑr dɪd /


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Keith, guarded and intense, could have cared less about flash and showmanship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Is artificial intelligence so powerful that it needs to be carefully guarded?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Flashing a relaxed smile and sporting long gray hair, Small knows little about the controversial “The Drama,” an A24 film with a heavily guarded twist.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Shelley was a seaman gunner on the destroyer HMS Milne on D-Day and guarded troops going ashore during the Normandy landings in June 1944.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Meanwhile, Charles Guiteau sat in jail, guarded by police and soldiers.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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