phalanx
Example Sentences
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Outside, under the eye of the carabinieri and a phalanx of photographers, the crowd waited.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
A phalanx of lobbyists hired by the Blazers, meanwhile, were telling state lawmakers they’d need a total of $600 million, starting this year.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
And they lined up in a phalanx and marched out together on their last day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The son of a Nasa Indigenous guerrilla and an Afro‑Colombian police officer, his protection is a phalanx of some 30 Indigenous Guards, some barely out of their teens and armed with little more than batons.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
When their squabbles reach a certain mother-annoying level, they are called away by their nursemaids, who sit on stools at the far end of the patio, a phalanx of starched white uniforms.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing phalanx
Ancient Greece - Introductory
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The Sea of Monsters
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Ancient Greece, Lessons 1–3
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