Except
Except verb - To prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of.
Usage example: we'll have to except members who haven't paid their club dues from voting in the election
Ward
Ward verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Both words in one sentence
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It is very similar to the high vom tag ward as depicted in the German longsword above except with a shortsword.
- He watches another in the second one and the same thing happens, except he uses it to ward off the hotel staff instead.
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Rita says that she's already tried it countless times and was usually thrown in the psych ward, except for the one time they believed her and she was vivisected.
Source: They Would Cut You Up
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