The phrase "are able to shield" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the capability of someone or something to protect or defend against an attack or harm.
Example: "The new software features are able to shield users from potential cyber threats."
Alternatives: "can protect" or "are capable of defending".
Johnson is being placed under the kind of pressure that the Australian forwards are able to shield the likes of Slater, Thurston and Cronk from.
When we are able to shield those neighbours from the higher layers, a MAC protocol can still collect information without influencing the behaviour of higher layer modules.
In this case, the highest degree of oxidation is registered, which let us conclude that the immobilized BSA proteins are able to shield EBAPS surfaces from excessive oxygen binding and thus avoid redox dissolution processes of the PS matrix.
By utilizing careful estate planning, many wealthy taxpayers are able to shield much of their income from taxation upon their death.
So as states lose revenue and are forced to cut higher ed budgets, the rich are able to shield more of their earnings using this mechanism.
By increasing the release of IFN-γ and decreasing the cytotoxic function of NK cells monocytes are able to shield stem cells from killing by the NK cells, resulting in an increased protection and differentiation of stem cells.
No institution, especially a religious one, should be able to shield a predator from civil prosecution.
But he — and his suppliers — say they won't be able to shield customers from dramatic price increases much longer.
Unlike light cloaks, which can shield objects from light of only one frequency, acoustic cloaks should be able to shield an object to a broad range of frequencies.
GigaOm | Google's "Don't Be Evil" motto doesn't seem to be able to shield the technology industry from being cast as evildoers.
