Thesaurus results for SAFETIES

safeties

noun

plural of safety

as in guards

a protective device (as on a weapon) to prevent accidental operation the gun couldn't be fired as long as the safety was on

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Recent Examples of safeties Houston is also without safeties Jalen Pitre and Reed Blankenship, giving the Giants a potential scoring route. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Freeman will put a ton of pressure on TCU’s safeties, who have been vulnerable at times in coverage. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026 Covering tight ends is a conundrum because the safeties (5-11 Dante Trader Jr, and 6-0 Michael Taaffe) are too short to defend big tight ends, such as 6-6 Mike Gesicki, who caught the game’s first TD against Jacob Rodriguez. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026 The Tar Heels just found a weakness in the Irish defense that didn’t seem to have any, putting the linebackers into uncomfortable coverage situations, then letting North Carolina’s tight ends work on Notre Dame’s safeties. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Physicality from the Tigers’ defensive line allowed the linebackers and safeties to penetrate open gaps and rack up tackles for loss. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026 Carter Kempfer and junior safeties Serj Derry and Alex Obert stepped up in the win as the Hawks didn’t score in the second half. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2026 That is the most behind safeties Tre Moehrig and Lathan Ransom and linebacker Bobby Okereke, who each played all 70 of the team’s defensive snaps. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026 The Detroit native was brought in as a depth piece in 2025, but started this season with starting safeties Kerby Joseph and Brian Branch still recovering from their respective injuries. — Christian Romo, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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Students were randomly assigned to the roles of guards or inmates, with the guards pressured to maintain order by any means necessary.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
In a possible Supreme Court case, border guards’ invasions of privacy collide with the Fourth Amendment.

— George F. Will, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

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