armor
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The official semiquincentennial parade down Constitution Avenue is led not by military armor but by marching bands from the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The agreements, which are preliminary, are intended to give the Army direct access to minerals needed in everything from drones to body armor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Toughening up the dress made it feel, to me, like armor: concealing more than it showed, feminine but not obviously sexy.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
Another image showed Trump looming over warships, dressed as a military commander clad in gold armor, as fighter jets flew overhead.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
I never should have had him try on heavy armor when he is barely well.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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With each of her characters, Nazarin included, Neshat gradually sheds their armors of self-possession and strength, their reserve and resolve, to reveal how fragile, scared and insecure they truly are.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
So Tre armors himself, he goes about making himself indestructible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021
Around the park’s Homestead entrance last week, hundreds of lubbers were splattered on the asphalt, their crushed orange armors gleaming in the sunlight.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2019
“Normally one sees armors as these beautiful artifacts displayed in glass cases, and you cannot approach them,” said Ms. Thorarinsdottir.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2018
They were then deficient in food, excepting fish, and in livestock and were not too well armed, having but 16 armors, 6 swords, and 18 fixed pieces.
From The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 by Hatch, Charles E.
European Command aims to field four armored brigades during a crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
That's how your tanks and armored fighting vehicles are available.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
That night, they were escorted onto the baseball diamond in an armored car with a security detail of some 200 police officers in tow.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Along with directed-energy weapons, AeroVironment makes drones known as “loitering munitions” designed to destroy enemy armored vehicles, as well as various systems for use against drones.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
But gator tails do move, Chase discovered, like armored whips.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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“They’re armoring the shoreline with rocks and cement walls, sometimes without permits. And Quidnessett is the poster child.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
At the Olympic Sculpture Park, for instance, the insects, crustaceans, worms, snails and clams that feed Chinook salmon were back on the menu less than a year after concrete armoring was removed and habitat restored.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
Rodrigo Rivera, manager of Blindatek, a vehicle bulletproofing service, says he started armoring cars three years ago in response to requests from clients of his car accessories company.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023
“We need temporary armoring right now,” Kadara said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
The sadness was in her eyes too, but she was armoring it away, locking it into a box even as she spoke.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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