Love
Protect
Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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If I cannot be here to love and protect you, let yourself love someone.
Source: Second Love - Ed Sheeran's "Small Bump", in which the narrator sings a lullaby to his unborn child, promising to always love and protect them.
Source: Parental Love Song -
And he gave chances for her and her future-husband to meet, fell in love and later married into the man's family since he knows all of them will love and protect her no matter what.
Source: Doting Parent
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