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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Those same billions could easily buy a thousand of the increasingly popular electric buses along with driver and security guard salaries and maintenance costs for many years. —

Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024 Fans nabbed a shot of Travis Kelce walking on the Eras Tour floor with Taylor Swift's security guard on Saturday. —

Bryan West, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024 The early morning fire at the drop box in Portland was extinguished quickly thanks to a suppression system inside the box as well as a nearby security guard, police said, and just three ballots were damaged there. —

Gene Johnson, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024 One song into the encore, Morrissey was ultimately ushered off the stage, with one security guard noticeably seen limping from a leg injury after attempting to remove a fan. —

Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for security guard

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