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armor

[ahr-mer] / ˈɑr mər /
NOUN
protective covering, often made of metal
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Heavily armed federal agents marched down Michigan Avenue wearing body armor and carrying assault rifles.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Because producing it requires nitrogen and other minerals, thicker armor represents a larger resource investment for each individual ant.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

That a suit of armor opens the British Museum’s extravagant new exhibition, “Samurai,” is unsurprising.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

The manager of the boiler and turbine department and a half-dozen staff members had donned body armor and stayed in the control room to monitor the equipment during the attack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

He wore armor similar to Dobrynya’s—made of small scales fixed together that flexed as he moved—but his was shinier than the bogatyr’s had been.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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