guard duty
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of guard duty
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Jonathan Romain, the former rabbi of Maidenhead synagogue in Berkshire, now regularly spends his Shabbat mornings standing outside it on guard duty.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Pereira had finished his shift on guard duty at Fort Tiuna, where Maduro was sheltered that night.
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
He pulls long shifts of guard duty in the city center and still lives with his family in a working class Damascus suburb.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
However, Gates told Burton that Dixon was a part of the junior reserves which was used for guard duty and it was very unlikely that he saw battle.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2024
He knew that the soldier, returning from guard duty, was going, absent-mindedly, to leave his musket on a pile of straw.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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