security guard
noun
: a person whose job is to guard a place (such as a store or museum) and make sure the people and things in it are not harmed
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Anthony Coleman and David Hood, a security guard in Waukegan Community Unit School District 60.
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R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
What To Know Manager Amber Hussain, 19, told the Post that a group of juveniles wearing ski masks attacked a security guard and broke a glass door inside the restaurant earlier this month.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
The heist takes up more than 20 minutes of screen time, but Hviid — who has to juggle the robbers at the firm, the garbage truck drivers, the police and a security guard (Amanda Collin) — makes a hash of the competing perspectives.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article Two people — including a security guard — were mercilessly slashed Monday in disturbing subway attacks that erupted just minutes apart in Manhattan and Brooklyn, police sources said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
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R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
What To Know Manager Amber Hussain, 19, told the Post that a group of juveniles wearing ski masks attacked a security guard and broke a glass door inside the restaurant earlier this month.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
The heist takes up more than 20 minutes of screen time, but Hviid — who has to juggle the robbers at the firm, the garbage truck drivers, the police and a security guard (Amanda Collin) — makes a hash of the competing perspectives.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article Two people — including a security guard — were mercilessly slashed Monday in disturbing subway attacks that erupted just minutes apart in Manhattan and Brooklyn, police sources said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Security guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20guard. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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