armed

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Frenchmen Silas Despréaux and Damien Guerot will also receive bravery awards after they armed themselves with metal bollards and tried to stop Cauchi.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Police on Saturday with the support of the armed forces deployed public order units to clear the blockade at Whitegate Refinery in southern Ireland.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

Brown is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“Our armed forces left them in no doubt that they were being monitored, that their movements were not covert, as President Putin planned, and that their attempted secret operation had been exposed,” Healey said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The man would try to ask the armed guard where he could find the 533-C form, but the guard wouldn’t speak.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri