security guard
noun
: a person whose job is to guard a place (such as a store or museum) and make sure the people and things in it are not harmed
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McArdle frowned, waved to the security guard, and headed home.
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Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
In story-ballet mode, the corps brings the main characters’ props onstage—such as scarves that represent the blood of the security guard’s many victims—and then exits with glad little jetés.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → Swift yells at a security guard who got into an altercation with a fan who was dancing near the front of the stage.
—Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Alesia Jarrett, a security guard at Elmore Correctional Facility in Alabama, was jailed on drug trafficking charges after she was was found in possession of about 250 grams of methamphetamine, the state prison system said in a news release.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
In story-ballet mode, the corps brings the main characters’ props onstage—such as scarves that represent the blood of the security guard’s many victims—and then exits with glad little jetés.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → Swift yells at a security guard who got into an altercation with a fan who was dancing near the front of the stage.
—Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Alesia Jarrett, a security guard at Elmore Correctional Facility in Alabama, was jailed on drug trafficking charges after she was was found in possession of about 250 grams of methamphetamine, the state prison system said in a news release.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Security guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20guard. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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