cavalry
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Opposition supporters marched behind horsemen dressed as hussars -- Hungary's historic light cavalry formation.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
Kilgore leads his cavalry into air battle to the strains of Wagner, taking out combatants in between swigs of coffee.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
Japan’s debt, at 232% of GDP, is twice as large as its economy — and the cavalry is not coming anytime soon.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026
During his military career, Driscoll became an officer in 2007, led a cavalry platoon and deployed to Iraq for several months in 2009.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
It would take the cavalry, alerted by telegraph and traveling by steamboat, just one day to travel that distance.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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