Example Sentences

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This year, a 32% gain in the S&P 500 energy sector is shielding shareholders from some of inflation’s bite.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Jacobson has not revealed the identities of the donors funding the effort, saying she is shielding them from public attacks, and would not discuss possible names of potential candidates.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2023

I imagine Twitter is shielding these people for a reason: after Musk publicly criticized Vijaya Gadde, general counsel at Twitter, Gadde was also harassed online.

From The Verge • Aug. 12, 2022

“Right now we basically have a blanket of smoke covering the fire area, which is shielding us from direct sunlight,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2021

For while the motive was pure and the outer menace undoubted, is shielding and indulgence the way to meet it?

From Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)