massed
Example Sentences
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Tens of thousands of allied troops were massed on Iraq and Kuwait's borders for the ground war, which was still nine days away.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
Among the U.S. servicemembers massed near the berm between Saudi Arabia and Iraq was Mark Hertling, a pensive Army major on his first combat deployment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
A Yemeni military official told AFP that some 15,000 Saudi-backed Yemeni troops were massed in a border area but had not yet received orders to tackle the separatists.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
He has also massed 25,000 soldiers near Colombia, a likely vector for infiltration.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2025
An imposing congregation had massed itself around her first certainties, and now it was waiting and she could not disappoint it at the altar.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
