armed

Example Sentences

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Analysts say the claims were unfounded and he acted out of anxiety about the armed forces' waning influence.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Forces deployed along Iran’s coastline have more extensive exposure to armed operations than those in the country’s interior, which hasn’t seen direct combat since the war with Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Claim: “In these past four weeks, our armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield, victories like few people have ever seen before.”

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

The Provisional IRA - the main armed republican paramilitary group for most of the Troubles - declared a ceasefire in the run up to the agreement and officially ended its violent campaign in 2005.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

What other sports team names can you think of that refer to armed conflict?

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz