insure against

phrasal verb

insured against; insuring against; insures against
1
: to make (something bad) less likely to happen usually by planning and preparing
Doctors recommend exercising to insure against health problems.
2
: to protect (someone) from (something bad)
We can't insure our children against all life's problems.

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After surviving these shocks, investors had been led to believe lessons had been learned and supplies of crucial components were being stockpiled to insure against similar setbacks. Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025 The 25th Amendment was supposed to insure against a president’s disability by providing for a temporary involuntary replacement. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2025 At any rate, companies like Dell typically are insured against losses incurred during shipping and can file a claim. Christopher Elliot, Mercury News, 21 May 2025 Alas, this is football, where the richest are inherently insured against disaster. Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025 One particular type of derivative, credit default swaps, which allow buyers to insure against the failure of a company to pay back its loans, has been especially controversial. Robert Litan, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2016 Importantly, board directors and company executives are typically not insured against such lawsuits. Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025 Costs have been driven in part by levies to prevent and insure against wildfires, but the analysts anticipate a less conspicuous source of pressure on power bills going forward: growing electricity demand from data centers. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025 As the largest startup offering cyber insurance and proactive monitoring tools with over 90,000 policyholders, Coalition insures against incidents like cyberattacks, email scams and accidental privacy violations. Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025

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“Insure against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insure%20against. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.

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