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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In 2014, an armed security guard with an arrest record was allowed to share an elevator with President Barack Obama during a visit to Atlanta.
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Maria Sacchetti Andjacqueline Alemany The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
Shyamalan's masterful follow-up to his Sixth Sense breakthrough traces the rise of Philadelphia security guard David Dunn (Bruce Willis) from directionless former football prodigy to vigilante crime fighter accepting of his real-life superpowers.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Unbeknownst to Jewell, not even 24 hours after the bombing the chief of the Piedmont College Police Department, where the security guard had previously worked, had tipped off the FBI that Jewell had owned books about making bombs.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
Even the team’s security guard couldn’t hide his frustration, kicking the dirt, wondering aloud why Capiatá’s fate had been put in Marset’s hands.
—Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
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Maria Sacchetti Andjacqueline Alemany The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
Shyamalan's masterful follow-up to his Sixth Sense breakthrough traces the rise of Philadelphia security guard David Dunn (Bruce Willis) from directionless former football prodigy to vigilante crime fighter accepting of his real-life superpowers.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Unbeknownst to Jewell, not even 24 hours after the bombing the chief of the Piedmont College Police Department, where the security guard had previously worked, had tipped off the FBI that Jewell had owned books about making bombs.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
Even the team’s security guard couldn’t hide his frustration, kicking the dirt, wondering aloud why Capiatá’s fate had been put in Marset’s hands.
—Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
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“Security guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20guard. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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