as in railing
a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports the car ran off the road, but fortunately only hit the guardrail

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Recent Examples of guardrail Not a resolution of the Taiwan dilemma, but guardrails to prevent a major war in the Indo-Pacific. Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 AfD was the first party to run afoul of those guardrails. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025 The mayor is in the midst of a gathering political crisis after Trump moved to dismiss his indictment on corruption charges, with New York Governor Kathy Hochul instituting new guardrails on his administration in response as his public support plummets. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025 Southbound State Route 143 at University Drive will be closed from 10 p.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. Monday for guardrail repair. Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guardrail

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“Guardrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardrail. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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