Example Sentences

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Beyond storing carbon, mangroves play a critical role in shielding shorelines from storms, supporting wildlife, and helping sustain coastal communities.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

The measure would expand the homestead exemption to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028, shielding school funding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Nearby, a group of men sat cross-legged on the ground in a circle, shielding their eyes from errant flakes as one of them hammered chunks off a large clump of gum.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

That it’s a woman who ultimately neutralizes Homelander shielding is a kind of poetic justice.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

She had come to find out the truth, shielding Papi from the news and the heart attack he would surely die of if he knew.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez