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noun video games A so-called "tank" whose main purpose is to hold aggro from MOBs and absorb damage.
noun video games A stunned or dead enemy character used as a shield against attacks.

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I think we will see some people employed (though perhaps not explicitly) as meat shields: people who are accountable for ML systems under their supervision.

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on my laptop drew me a better pelican than Claude Opus 4.7 Simon Willison 2026

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