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armor

[ahr-mer] / ˈɑr mər /
NOUN
protective covering, often made of metal
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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

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

“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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