armies

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Growing up, Gallagher and his older brother played games like “Halo,” battling alien armies to save humanity from extinction.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

The way armies fight is changing daily—and, at the moment, that favors Kyiv.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso left Ecowas after military coups brought their armies to power.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

This distinction mattered enormously to the founders, who were deeply suspicious of standing armies and associated them with tyranny and imperial overreach.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

These rulers had two major concerns: first, that a foreigner might enter Italy with his armies; second, that no one of them should seize more territory.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli