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Example sentences for: protecting

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The government would have an active role in protecting and securing the autonomy of its citizens.
As the White House, FBI, and CIA became increasingly involved in clandestine, invasive, and illegal acts against citizens--bugging, wiretapping, surveillance, opening mail, infiltrating organizations--the government claimed it was just protecting the public from radicals, but people soon stopped buying the explanation.
1. Establishing Emission Reduction Targets, Based on Sound Science, That Will Significantly Improve Air Quality, Protecting Human and Environmental Health: By reducing air pollution, and conducting constant monitoring of emissions, the Clear Skies Initiative guarantees that America's power plants will meet ambitious air quality goals, even as they bring new power plants on line to meet growing demand.
Larvae tend to wedge themselves into nooks and crannies, defying divers' attempts to nab them while protecting their expensive nets— loaded with even more expensive electronic gear—from the ice.
By the time Lewis is through attacking everyone who exemplies this Sixties-ish phrase (Joyce Maynard, Paul Theroux, anyone who might have criticized JFK's sexual escapades during his administration), you wonder whether any speech about the sexual behavior of public figures is worth protecting.