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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Actor Billy Gardell, a Pittsburgh native, walks a new security guard through it all with the schedule buried at the end.
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Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
Firearms were near the security guard each time officers visited the arcade, the warrant said.
—Jeff A. Chamer
may 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
DeChambeau was trailed the entire round by a roving hoard (and a security guard.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
At a Halloween party in a Beverly Hills mansion, Coltrane and his wife, Ebony (Cleopatra Coleman), bribe a security guard into letting them into an upstairs bedroom.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 May 2026
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Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
Firearms were near the security guard each time officers visited the arcade, the warrant said.
—Jeff A. Chamer
may 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
DeChambeau was trailed the entire round by a roving hoard (and a security guard.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
At a Halloween party in a Beverly Hills mansion, Coltrane and his wife, Ebony (Cleopatra Coleman), bribe a security guard into letting them into an upstairs bedroom.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 May 2026
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“Security guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20guard. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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