armada
Example Sentences
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After fighting for four years and sacrificing 400,000 lives during World War II, Washington captured vital bastions at both ends of the vast Eurasian land mass and spent the next 40 years of the Cold War ensuring its control of that strategic continent with circles of steel — military alliances like NATO, hundreds of overseas military bases, powerful naval fleets and a massive armada of nuclear-armed aircraft and missiles.
From Salon
It prefers companies benefiting from a stronger ringgit as well as exposure to data centers and energy–naming Malayan Banking, Tenaga Nasional and Bumi Armada as among its top picks.
“We have a massive armada formed, the biggest we’ve ever had, and by far the biggest we’ve ever said in South America,” he said.
The American armada in the Caribbean isn’t only logging sea time.
“It drinks much like a wine, but it’s more approachable, like a beer,” said Andrew Blake, the founder of Blake’s Beverage Company in Armada, Mich.
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