lifeguard
noun
life·guard
ˈlīf-ˌgärd 
: a usually expert swimmer employed (as at a beach or a pool) to safeguard other swimmers
lifeguard
intransitive verb
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The Palisades Fire had by then spread to Malibu Beach, where a lifeguard station went up in flames and homes along the Pacific Coast Highway were also blazing like a string of Roman candles.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Carter Lee, who built a banner display and restored benches at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.
Aidan O’Leary, who reconfigured a San Dieguito Heritage Museum lifeguard station into a beach playground.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
The caller said three construction workers were on the portion that fell into the water when the collapse occurred, fire officials said, noting that lifeguards saved two of the victims, while the third was able to rescue themself.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Two victims were rescued by lifeguards, and third one was able to get to safety on their own, city officials posted on Instagram.
Video from the northern California city showed a part of the pier floating in the water.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Carter Lee, who built a banner display and restored benches at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.
Aidan O’Leary, who reconfigured a San Dieguito Heritage Museum lifeguard station into a beach playground.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
The caller said three construction workers were on the portion that fell into the water when the collapse occurred, fire officials said, noting that lifeguards saved two of the victims, while the third was able to rescue themself.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Two victims were rescued by lifeguards, and third one was able to get to safety on their own, city officials posted on Instagram.
Video from the northern California city showed a part of the pier floating in the water.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Lifeguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifeguard. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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lifeguard
noun
life·guard
ˈlīf-ˌgärd
: a usually expert swimmer employed at a beach or swimming pool to protect swimmers from drowning
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