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armor

[ahr-mer] / ˈɑr mər /


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Then Ukrainian infantry and armor, working closely with drone units, launched their counterpunch in September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

The objects of traditional Catholic practice were recontextualized; the heavy silver crucifixes, rosaries and black funeral lace instead became a stylized armor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Last week, Luckey and Ben Lamm, co-founder of bioengineering firm Colossal Biosciences, announced a new venture to genetically modify military dogs, in which Anduril will supply the dogs’ body armor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Eiko Ishioka designed the blood-red battle armor with a ribbed surface evoking both exposed human musculature and an armadillo’s shell, while the pointed helmet foreshadows the wolf Dracula later becomes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Master Clovell was a slight man. His belt and armor will fit you well.”

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

In its role-playing game World of Warcraft, released in 2004, gamers worked together online to complete quests in an effort to make their digital avatars stronger by collecting items like weapons and armors.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

So Tre armors himself, he goes about making himself indestructible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021

Around the park’s Homestead entrance last week, hundreds of lubbers were splattered on the asphalt, their crushed orange armors gleaming in the sunlight.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2019

“Normally one sees armors as these beautiful artifacts displayed in glass cases, and you cannot approach them,” said Ms. Thorarinsdottir.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2018

Two more body armors moved up to me, one a woman, and began to unstrap me.

From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Trouble started at a debut event where Musk asked his head of design to throw a metal ball at the vehicle’s supposedly armored window.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

When an ambush outside Port-au-Prince left an armored vehicle in flames and four Salvadoran military-aviation technicians missing two weeks ago, the initial response from El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele’s was to send a rescue mission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

A metallic compound, molybdenum trioxide can be used to make tough, heat-resistant alloys used in armored vehicles or missile engines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The broader crocodile lineage, known as pseudosuchians, once included heavily armored plant eaters, predators that hunted entirely on land, and enormous animals weighing more than a metric ton.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Okay, so were up against an armored fortress, with how many knucklehead-riding guards did you say, Mapper?”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

“They’re armoring the shoreline with rocks and cement walls, sometimes without permits. And Quidnessett is the poster child.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

But human engineering, like building dams or armoring riverbanks, can affect streamflow and raise water temperatures.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2023

Conducted without heavy machinery or other expensive equipment, it was also cost-effective compared with traditional methods of coastal defense, such as sea walls and coastal armoring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

Rodrigo Rivera, manager of Blindatek, a vehicle bulletproofing service, says he started armoring cars three years ago in response to requests from clients of his car accessories company.

From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023

Within, Catelyn found Brienne armoring the king for battle while the Lords Tarly and Rowan spoke of dispositions and tactics.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin


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