lifeguard
noun
life·guard
ˈlīf-ˌgärd 
: a usually expert swimmer employed (as at a beach or a pool) to safeguard other swimmers
lifeguard
intransitive verb
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Unions representing sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and lifeguards made a public pitch Thursday for more support in increasingly testy contract negotiations, releasing a half-hour documentary that highlighted their members’ harrowing tales from the first days of the fires.
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
The area was under a high rip current risk, in effect through Sunday, April 20 — leading lifeguards on the scene to intervene.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Firefighters and lifeguards who rushed to the scene found that the man had driven his truck onto the sand next to a dock, and the truck had toppled over onto its side.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Jacob Riis Park, which is managed by the National Park Service, is open daily but does not have lifeguards on duty until Memorial Day.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
The area was under a high rip current risk, in effect through Sunday, April 20 — leading lifeguards on the scene to intervene.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Firefighters and lifeguards who rushed to the scene found that the man had driven his truck onto the sand next to a dock, and the truck had toppled over onto its side.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Jacob Riis Park, which is managed by the National Park Service, is open daily but does not have lifeguards on duty until Memorial Day.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Lifeguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifeguard. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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lifeguard
noun
life·guard
ˈlīf-ˌgärd
: a usually expert swimmer employed at a beach or swimming pool to protect swimmers from drowning
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