cavalry
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It bet the cavalry would arrive, every 12 months, for 36 months straight.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Rifles, mortars and tanks appear to be going the way of sword fights and cavalry charges.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The charge of the maroon cavalry was gathering pace.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Opposition supporters marched behind horsemen dressed as hussars -- Hungary's historic light cavalry formation.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
When Cortes and his bedraggled adventurers landed on the Mexican coast in 1519, they might have been driven into the sea by thousands of Aztec cavalry mounted on domesticated native American horses.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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