armies

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But a tepid response from American energy producers, as well as technological advances in drilling, suggest the go-go days of the shale boom creating armies of high-paying jobs are over.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

This distinction mattered enormously to the founders, who were deeply suspicious of standing armies and associated them with tyranny and imperial overreach.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Mythos has sparked fears of hackers commanding armies of AI agents able to break through computer defenses with ease.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

In the 20th Century, Germany used its powerful armies to wage some of the most destructive wars in human history, laying waste to much of the continent and killing millions.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Standing armies struck him as inherently dangerous and expensive items.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis