phalanx
Example Sentences
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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
A phalanx of Boldúmen, lined up ready to sacrifice themselves for the good.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026
The party-hearty British pop star Charli XCX plays an unflattering version of herself struggling to fend off a phalanx of producers, managers and record executives.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
Then, after retrieving him from the water, they formed a phalanx, forced their way into the building, and slid the doors closed behind themselves, letting in only a few Seattle pressmen.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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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