ironclad
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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
So oil companies who go in need to have ironclad legal terms that aren’t just about a change of control in Venezuela.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
Funds that invest in AI deals say they carry little risk, because tech companies with deep pockets have ironclad leases that will generate the money to pay investors back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, two ironclad ships, fought each other for two days in the Battle of Hampton Roads.
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
Mebby I oughtnt say we took it becus it was the ironclads that done it.
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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