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
Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Glass bulwarks, generous lounging spaces, and all-white furnishings bring a modern feel.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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Verb
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
Noun
Perhaps what needs to be abolished is the notion that, before the Civil War, the North was a unified bulwark of freedom-loving liberationists.
—Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Glass bulwarks, generous lounging spaces, and all-white furnishings bring a modern feel.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulwark
Verb
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Fiber can also improve digestive health and protect against chronic disease.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
30 Jan. 2025
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Probiotics can be a simple way to protect digestive health before and during travel to high-risk destinations.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
30 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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So far, the speaker has resisted fixing the problem despite clear support from her members and across City Hall in the mayor’s office.—
Bradley Tusk,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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His support seems almost prophetic considering the current renaissance of women’s hoops.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Brianna Daniels, 34, lives in a tent pitched on a dusty embankment above San Jose’s Coyote Creek.—
Grant Stringer,
The Mercury News,
19 Jan. 2025
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The county fire department handles a variety of emergencies: hoisting drivers to safety when cars veer off canyon embankments or ferrying the injured and the critically ill to hospitals.—
Thomas Fuller,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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At his confirmation hearing, senators will ask him to defend that dangerous, alternative reality.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2025
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When one poster on the Overton, TX Citizens Forum Facebook page reported in early January that the rooster tried to attack her husband outside the store, people were quick to defend Ol’ Red’s character.—
Rhiannon Saegert,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Jan. 2025
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And even JPMorgan Chase — not exactly a bastion of liberalism — on Wednesday seemed to draw a line in the sand.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
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Remember, California was once a conservative bastion.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Roper declined to disclose the internal guidelines, citing confidentiality, but the hospital affirms publicly that personal information is safeguarded by patient privacy laws and is shared with local law enforcement or ICE only when legally mandated by a court order or warrant.—
Alayna Alvarez,
Axios,
27 Jan. 2025
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This dashboard, along with other tools like emergency alerts via Teams or Slack, enables efficient operations while safeguarding critical processes.—
Svetlana Khachiyan,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Colorful Old San Juan is home to the 16th-century Spanish colonial fortress Castillo San Cristobal and other UNESCO World Heritage sites, and fantastic restaurants like Santaella or La Casita Blanca, where the tostones and mofongo are not to be missed.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Skyscrapers of Medieval Italy (Ex Urbe) by Ada Palmer In medieval Italy, factional wars led powerful families to build huge towers that served as little urban fortresses.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Bulwark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulwark. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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