ironclad
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Islamabad also has a defence agreement with regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia and "ironclad" ties with China, Iran's top trading partner.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
After their private meeting, Zelensky thanked the UK for its "ironclad" support and revealed he planned to invite the King for a state visit to Ukraine in the future.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Five years ago, a seemingly ironclad test of whether something was conscious was to see if you could have a conversation with it.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
Its defense agreement fell short of the ironclad mutual-defense pact it wants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Three of the many kinds of weapons used in the war are particularly important: the minie ball, the breech-loading repeating rifle, and the ironclad ship.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
These days, substitute nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, strategic bombers, aircraft carriers, and similar "modern" weapons for the ironclads of his era and the sentiment rings at least as true as it did then.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023
He also corresponded with French shipyards on the design of Confederate ironclads.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 2, 2021
"A lot of these ironclads are built by house carpenters, they're not built by shipwrights," said Jeff Seymour, historian and curator for the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus.
From US News ● Aug. 16, 2015
On March 8 and 9, 1862, the Battle of Hampton Roads pitted the Union’s Monitor against the Confederate ironclad Virginia, the first battle between ironclads.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2015
After all, wasn’t it true that it was not Grant who had been the victor at Fort Henry, but Admiral Foote and his ironclads?
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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The American Civil War
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President Trump's First State of The Union Address (2018)
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