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Recent Examples of armed
Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Military police are often the only armed personnel on base, outside of shooting ranges, hunting areas or in training, where soldiers can wield their service weapons without ammunition.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Uniquely armed with three variants of upper-90s fastballs, Schlitter relied heavily on his four-seamer early on before shifting to his sinker and cutter.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
In a famous portrait from 2001, captured by Annie Leibowitz for Vogue, the entire staff pose cross-armed in their little white coats, with a chair left empty in the front row for the designer.
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Traditional commercial insurance policies don’t cover armed conflict, sending property owners and developers to the specialty war market.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Military police are often the only armed personnel on base, outside of shooting ranges, hunting areas or in training, where soldiers can wield their service weapons without ammunition.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Uniquely armed with three variants of upper-90s fastballs, Schlitter relied heavily on his four-seamer early on before shifting to his sinker and cutter.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
In a famous portrait from 2001, captured by Annie Leibowitz for Vogue, the entire staff pose cross-armed in their little white coats, with a chair left empty in the front row for the designer.
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armed
Adjective
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The architecture of the wig cap and the wefts stitched within are, however, notably more structured and fortified than the 3-star series, with tighter spacing and more deliberate stitching patterns.—
Noel Cymone Walker,
StyleCaster,
1 Apr. 2026
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The resulting star forts (so called because of their multiple fortified extrusions) solved a technological crisis.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Billing records show he was involved with the case soon after, as the firm prepared to bring it to the Supreme Court a second time.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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Teams conducted testing, prepared the site, and then deployed the system inside the facility.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Then return the arm and leg to the start position while maintaining your braced core, then repeat on the opposite side.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
1 Apr. 2026
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The younger guard left his feet before there was even time to think, his body crashing down onto Brunson’s braced shoulders for a foul call.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The missing candy bars could enter unofficial sales channels across European markets, the company said, but if this does happen, all products can be traced using the unique batch code assigned to individual bars.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Israeli military said he was assigned to the 890th Battalion, Paratroopers Brigade.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The deal did not fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement or border security operations through Customs and Border Protection, although those DHS agencies have funding allotted through 2029 via the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
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The result is the game Straight4 and publisher Giants should’ve launched in the first place, or at least allotted themselves the time to finish.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This Apple deal is ripe for the picking!—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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What other surprises de Sitter holds are yet to be seen, but the landscape seems to be ripe for insights, Loparco said.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Elders promised that roughly $15 million of the church’s $100 million annual revenue would be allocated to international missionary work, according to the lawsuit.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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Parking Approximately 16,600 spaces will be allocated for general spectator parking around the stadium on Match Days.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Armed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armed. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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