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armory

[ahr-muh-ree] / ˈɑr mə ri /
NOUN
military building, usually for storing weapons
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His band quickly took control of a federal armory and rifle factory in the sleeping town of Harpers Ferry.

From Slate Apr. 2, 2026

“He has an armory, handcuffs, cars, and money to run his programs.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 10, 2025

The former armory, redesigned by Pritzker-winning architect Thom Mayne, now has classrooms and laboratories for Science Center educational programming.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2025

Together, they could somewhat grandly be considered the armory of the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force.

From New York Times May 4, 2024

Weese used Arya to run messages, draw water, and fetch food, and sometimes to serve at table in the Bar-racks Hall above the armory, where the men-at-arms took their meals.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Gun restrictions in ports along the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman mean security companies have to store their weapons offshore on floating armories.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

The mobilized Marines and National Guard troops “will be stationed all across Los Angeles ... that includes Seal Beach, Los Alamitos and a number of National Guard armories across the city,” Guillot said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2025

As water drained from the dam and flooded a 50-mile stretch of the Dnieper, Ukrainian territory along the western banks was swallowed up wholesale—farms, gas stations, land mines, armories, factories, houses, railroad tracks, forests.

From Slate Jun. 13, 2023

New items in original packaging will be accepted Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the nine Indiana National Guard armories across the state.

From Seattle Times Nov. 23, 2021

The Sisters kept their pantries and auxiliary libraries and armories in the seemingly endless floors belowground.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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