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armor

[ahr-mer] / ˈɑr mər /
NOUN
protective covering, often made of metal
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Those digital models helped the team rearticulate, or correctly reconnect, the animal's skeleton and detailed dermal armor.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

But his intimidating onyx armor obscures all that, much in the way Darth Vader’s helmet and cloak overcompensate for his shriveled form.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

A review of Wildberries website shows drones and body armor for sale, but the overwhelming majority of its offerings are civilian in nature.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Nearly all of the boron that is necessary in military products such as body armor, nuclear reactors and submarines is processed in China.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

“These are ballistic level-three glass-clad polycarbonate windows, and the bathroom walls are reinforced steel with armor plating. If things go pear-shaped, that’s where you hide.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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

A majority of the 100 vehicles the company armors each year leave the United States for overseas clients.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2015

Fear looked up to this looming, portentous shadow and saw there youth and health and strength, courage and hopefulness, and, best of all armors, a righteous cause.

From Jason by Forman, Justus Miles

In crocodilians, these protective structures are often called osteoderms and form the armored surface visible along the back.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Army stored tanks and armored vehicles, staged troops, repaired equipment, stocked ammunition and fuel, and prepared forces for deployment across the region.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

He took the auction house up on the offer, and the jacket was whisked away in an armored vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

That's how your tanks and armored fighting vehicles are available.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

It looks like some kind of royal palace with its arched entryways and tall columns, and I half expect a robed king and queen to step out along with armored knights.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

“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

What started out as simple summer cabins have been replaced with major year-round developments, from resorts to large homes — and shore armoring on virtually every parcel.

From Seattle Times Feb. 12, 2024

But human engineering, like building dams or armoring riverbanks, can affect streamflow and raise water temperatures.

From Scientific American Oct. 30, 2023

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

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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