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artillery

[ahr-til-uh-ree] / ɑrˈtɪl ə ri /


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"He just sits near an air defence artillery gun, silent and motionless, as if he's also on duty," the brigade says.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

After its Washingtonian adventure, Miller’s artillery battery was sent to Louisiana, where Miller fought in the Battle of New Orleans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

An exercise to fire off a howitzer, an artillery weapon, was called off due to an extreme blizzard in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The frequently drawn parallel is to North Korea’s conventional artillery massed in range of greater Seoul’s 26 million people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Code talkers should be in every regiment and battalion—from artillery and anti-tank battalions to engineer regiments and scout companies.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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