as in to protect
to drive danger or attack away from
vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country against attack
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as in rampart
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as in support
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Recent Examples of bulwark
John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
That prompted senior sales agents to suggest that the traditional sales model, bulwarked on the strength of ancillary sales to TV in Europe, haS now broken.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
The same impulse undergirds Georgians’ repeatedly expressed preference for liberal democracy, which is valued not only on its own terms but also as a bulwark against Russian-style tyranny.
—Christian Caryl, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
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What a MipTV swan song, bulwarked by Canneseries, can deliver, is another question.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
That prompted senior sales agents to suggest that the traditional sales model, bulwarked on the strength of ancillary sales to TV in Europe, haS now broken.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
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An especially shocking loss for the BJP was Uttar Pradesh, the country’s most populous state, long considered a bulwark for Modi and his party.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
The same impulse undergirds Georgians’ repeatedly expressed preference for liberal democracy, which is valued not only on its own terms but also as a bulwark against Russian-style tyranny.
—Christian Caryl, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
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In 2025, artificial intelligence will play an increasingly important role in shaping the way that organizations manage and protect their reputation online.Joe Burton, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Not mean but protects it really well and takes pucks to the net at this level.Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Lunch salads from the organic garden and thali suppers are served in surprising nooks: in the garden, under a lush canopy of vines, or on a rounded rampart.CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
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Since the trial began, the Amazons have ventured out about three times a week to paste messages on both sides of the ramparts, but mostly concentrating on the intra-muros area near the courthouse.Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Bond yields dropped slightly on a light wholesale inflation report , giving support to stocks.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Whitworth, a former offensive lineman who spent five seasons with the Rams, gave a speech at the State Farm Stadium, showing his support to the L.A. community.Renan Botelho, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025
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The plane hit a concrete embankment upon landing and aviation experts have said that many airports do not have these kinds of structures so close to runways.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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Likewise, there is the large embankment that was part of the New Cross Stadium dog-racing track until 1975 and for many years offered those in the know a free view of the football.Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
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Bondi, 59, had helped lead the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump think tank, and defended Trump during his first Senate impeachment trial in 2020.Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Leslie Josephs,Spencer Kimball,Ece Yildirim, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
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At the same time, legacy platforms such as X and Facebook have grown politically polarized, fractured, and out of touch with the users who used to defend them.Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2025
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The American cowboy is an aspirational bastion of masculinity, and as Costner proves, of manners.Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
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What could be more traditional than Third Round Thursday, that bastion of everything pure about English football?George Caulkin, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Why This Matters The ESA, enacted in 1973 to safeguard vulnerable species and their habitats, has long been a focal point of contention.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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As one of the last remaining areas in South Wales with truly dar k skies, this achievement ensures that the starlit skies of Gower will be safeguarded for future generations.Valerie Stimac, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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The fortress is made up of two distinct areas: a core inner fortress that researchers say show signs of year-round residential use and a more sprawling outer area that may have been used more occasionally by roaming pastoral groups.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
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Geographically, the United States is both an economic hub and a military fortress.Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Bulwark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulwark. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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