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phalanx

[fey-langks, fal-angks] / ˈfeɪ læŋks, ˈfæl æŋks /




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He noted the phalanx of tech moguls at Trump's inauguration last year, and the close ties between Mistral's cofounder Arthur Mensch and French President Emmanuel Macron.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

He surrendered after a phalanx of heavily armed officers stormed the street.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

“Something is definitely off,” she said, pointing to a phalanx of red clouds raging across her phone screen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

A phalanx of Boldúmen, lined up ready to sacrifice themselves for the good.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

If she was a really practiced reader, she thought, each of those ideas would be surrounded by a phalanx of qualifying detail, but there it was: that was all she had to go on.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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