armor
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Those digital models helped the team rearticulate, or correctly reconnect, the animal's skeleton and detailed dermal armor.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
He dons it like armor for the chaos to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
But his intimidating onyx armor obscures all that, much in the way Darth Vader’s helmet and cloak overcompensate for his shriveled form.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Good for tactical strikes a few kilometers beyond the front line, they changed warfare by making infantry and armor more vulnerable to attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
His sword hangs at his side, and he is wearing full armor.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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With each of her characters, Nazarin included, Neshat gradually sheds their armors of self-possession and strength, their reserve and resolve, to reveal how fragile, scared and insecure they truly are.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
In its role-playing game World of Warcraft, released in 2004, gamers worked together online to complete quests in an effort to make their digital avatars stronger by collecting items like weapons and armors.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
Minimalism-averse, Gutiérrez adores ornamentation, as the intricate armors and costumes showcased in “Maya” can attest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
Around the park’s Homestead entrance last week, hundreds of lubbers were splattered on the asphalt, their crushed orange armors gleaming in the sunlight.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2019
Fear looked up to this looming, portentous shadow and saw there youth and health and strength, courage and hopefulness, and, best of all armors, a righteous cause.
From Jason by Forman, Justus Miles
In crocodilians, these protective structures are often called osteoderms and form the armored surface visible along the back.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
He took the auction house up on the offer, and the jacket was whisked away in an armored vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The royals packed their suitcases, bade farewell to the palace staff, and climbed into an armored Mercedes that drove them to a nearby rail station.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
That's how your tanks and armored fighting vehicles are available.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Perhaps he preferred that anyway, she thought; she must seem a little prattling cub, only just past babyhood, in the eyes of an armored bear.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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“They’re armoring the shoreline with rocks and cement walls, sometimes without permits. And Quidnessett is the poster child.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
But human engineering, like building dams or armoring riverbanks, can affect streamflow and raise water temperatures.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2023
Conducted without heavy machinery or other expensive equipment, it was also cost-effective compared with traditional methods of coastal defense, such as sea walls and coastal armoring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
Rodrigo Rivera, manager of Blindatek, a vehicle bulletproofing service, says he started armoring cars three years ago in response to requests from clients of his car accessories company.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023
Within, Catelyn found Brienne armoring the king for battle while the Lords Tarly and Rowan spoke of dispositions and tactics.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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