aegis
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This task is left to a 170-plus member “committee” under the aegis of the IMO, and good luck to any voter in Boston, Berlin or Bangkok who wants to influence that debate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
Peacekeeping forces - under the aegis of either the United Nations or Nato - traditionally are impartial, operate with the consent of both parties and use force only to defend themselves.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025
But I think they were able to justify it under the aegis of anticommunism.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2024
Even one of the first breakout female rappers, Roxanne Shanté, came up under the aegis of Marley Marl and the Juice Crew.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024
His breastplate was the aegis, awful to behold; his bird was the eagle, his tree the oak.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Mythology
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Excerpt from "The Odyssey"
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