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aegis (also egis), ammunition, armor, buckler, cover, defense, guard, safeguard, screen, security, shield, wall, ward
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Ultimately, your best protection remains your own research and instincts. — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, "Hair-raising contractor horror stories — and how to avoid them," 5 Sep. 2019 As a good faith partner to the seven other states, two provinces and tribal communities that border the Great Lakes, Wisconsin should stop making broad exceptions to our water protections. — Anna Clark, Twin Cities, "Anna Clark: Is Foxconn really worth risking a Great Lake?," 3 Sep. 2019 The Trump administration has been pressuring China for more than two years to make a trade deal that would strengthen its protections for American intellectual property and result in large purchases of American products. — New York Times, "Trump Says China Will Suffer as Data Shows Trade War Hurting U.S.," 3 Sep. 2019 After a game with a Hungarian team ended in a brawl, the Maccabee players were taken away in police cars for their protection. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, "How Holocaust survivors, immigrants and a soap opera star formed a soccer powerhouse," 30 Aug. 2019 After Waymo filed its lawsuit, Levandowski stayed resolutely silent, invoking his constitutional protection against self-incrimination. — Alison Griswold, Quartz, "“Silicon Valley is not the Wild West”: Anthony Levandowski faces criminal charges for stealing trade secrets," 28 Aug. 2019 There is every chance history will repeat itself again unless our protection can be guaranteed by the international community. — Tun Khin, Time, "It's Been Two Years Since 730,000 Rohingya Were Forced to Flee. There's No End in Sight to the Crisis," 25 Aug. 2019 Boosting its privacy protections could help the company pre-empt regulation and further punishment. — Barbara Orturay, The Denver Post, "Facebook rolls out tool to block off-Facebook data gathering," 25 Aug. 2019 Moreover, the fact that the Larsens were producing videos for profit did not diminish their constitutional protection. — David French, National Review, "A Federal Court Strikes a Powerful Blow for Free Speech and Religious Freedom," 23 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'protection.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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