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  • verb Present participle of guard.

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Examples

  • "And this is what you call guarding one's materials," he said.

    For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940

  • "And this is what you call guarding one's materials," he said.

    For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940

  • We were at Ben Yusif, close to Cairo for two weeks and then moved up to Tobruk, again guarding convoys of troops.

    Robert Cunliffe 2010

  • As they had to sleep, and as the watches extended through the night, their whole waking time was expended in guarding Dennin.

    THE UNEXPECTED 2010

  • The Samoan had always been fastidiously cautious in guarding cash.

    THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010

  • Such a view of the Constitution, finally, would have the effect of excluding the judicial authority of the United States from its participation in guarding the boundary between the legislative powers of the General and the State Governments ....

    Notable 2010

  • The state legislatures have an interest in guarding their powers against federal usurpation.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Repeal the 17th Amendment? 2010

  • After missing a turnaround bank shot from about 10 feet with Martin guarding him, Duncan groused about it down the floor and was called for a technical foul with 1: 25 remaining in the third quarter.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • He had a really tough assignment in guarding Vince Carter, but I thought he really made Carter work, '' Blazers coach Nate McMillan said.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • This has gone on for years (and I allowed it), but now that I'm home, I relish my new-found freedom and have been ruthless in guarding it.

    1920's Interior Decorating 2008

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