as in watched out (for)
to be cautious of or on guard against
unfortunately, you have to guard against theft while you're traveling
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State Representative Devin Carney, a Republican, led the bill's introduction, having noticed Connecticut stood apart from more than 30 states that already had similar prohibitions.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025 -
Nearly 100 years ago, in 1928, Scottish physician Alexander Fleming famously noticed that, in a moldy Petri dish, Penicillium notatum had destroyed the bacteria around it (even if penicillin would still be more than a decade away from development).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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Anyone who watched him at Boise State would expect to see more explosiveness.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Martha Stewart, Cyndi Lauper and Christina Hendricks watched on as an unexpected guest − a homeless man walking to the show's drumbeat and dangling a cap from his hand − marched down the gravel runway.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Guarded (against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guarded%20%28against%29. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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