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verb

past tense of armor

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Recent Examples of armored
Adjective
Snoop Dogg was riding around in an armored truck. Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025 The quiet street quickly turned into a chaotic scene as patrol cruisers and SWAT teams in armored vehicles swarmed the block and police officials evacuated nearby residents. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025 The park’s visitor center is located in the old Oil House, which supplied power to the adjacent historic Ford Motor Assembly Building that was used for Jeep and armored vehicle production during World War II. Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025 Israel’s concentration on destroying Gaza City’s infrastructure has utilized a variety of means, including heavy bombs and, recently, old armored vehicles laden with a large amount of explosives and detonated via remote control. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for armored
Recent Examples of Synonyms for armored
Adjective
  • It is expected to deliver clearer imaging of dense, shielded materials like spent nuclear fuel, while also significantly enhancing nuclear safety.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The city’s parks and recreation department replaced its already-aging lights with shielded, dark sky-friendly fixtures last year with federal and local government funding.
    Adithi Ramakrishnan, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For some, the moment encapsulated a generational obsession with self-recording, a habit that critics argue comes at the expense of simply enjoying the music in real time.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Those final frames encapsulated the series, at least the final two games.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora Gomez earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Mabel, a guarded and sarcastic millennial who strikes up an unexpected friendship with Charles and Oliver.
    Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Our spirits remain guarded, but high, for this one; the Venice Film Festival crowd seemed to eat it up.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • The Space Force has only acknowledged one of the satellites aboard the USSF-106 mission, but there are more payloads cocooned inside the Vulcan rocket's fairing.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • After walking away from the semi-protected working environment of Anderson’s film, Hoffman followed the advice of some peers and enrolled in an acting school in New York to hone his craft.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The study underscores the threat extreme heat poses to birds in tropical regions and helps explain why birds are dying even in remote and protected areas, typically considered havens of biodiversity.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Photos from the vigil showed supporters assembling around images of the conservative activist, surrounded by candles and other tributes.
    Sophia Compton , Andrea Margolis , Olivia Palombo, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Cassell said prosecutors may have hinted at that strategy in their initial probable cause affidavit that pointed out Kirk was surrounded by a large crowd, including people immediately adjacent and behind him.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the first two weeks of the season, the 29-year-old pass rusher has recorded six tackles and a defended pass.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Their house is ringed with more than a dozen cameras.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The flat plane, ringed by roads and segmented by straight paths, was orderly and open, an ideal stage for planting pavilions and managing crowds.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armored. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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