armor

My mom, who also had a propensity for hair that could double as armor, often joked we should bury her with a six-pack of Diet Coke and a bottle of hair spray.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Chainlink necklaces, lace headpieces and even fringe bangs become a form of armor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

In a war of maneuver, the tank and other armor would come back into its own, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Those digital models helped the team rearticulate, or correctly reconnect, the animal's skeleton and detailed dermal armor.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

“These are ballistic level-three glass-clad polycarbonate windows, and the bathroom walls are reinforced steel with armor plating. If things go pear-shaped, that’s where you hide.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

With each of her characters, Nazarin included, Neshat gradually sheds their armors of self-possession and strength, their reserve and resolve, to reveal how fragile, scared and insecure they truly are.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2022

Minimalism-averse, Gutiérrez adores ornamentation, as the intricate armors and costumes showcased in “Maya” can attest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 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

There was, too, a fort and a substantial listing of arms: thirty-five firearms, three swords and twenty-eight armors as well as 155 pounds of powder and 646 pounds of shot.

From The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 by Charles E. Hatch

Trump, 80, is expected to take a ceremonial lap of honor in his armored limousine dubbed "The Beast" and then wave the green flag to start the race.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

As I peppered him with questions about the pink car and the Brinks armored truck, he remained cagey while slowly yielding information.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

During the exercise, Ukrainian drone units easily spotted and took down U.S. troops and armored vehicles on rotation from Fort Hood in Texas, according to people familiar with the events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

In crocodilians, these protective structures are often called osteoderms and form the armored surface visible along the back.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

He pulled another lever, and the armored wagon seemed to shudder to life around them, belching black smoke.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

“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

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

Features added since then include armoring levees to prevent erosion and scouring when stronger storm surges rise above their tops, and three permanent canal closures and pumps.

From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2022

The sadness was in her eyes too, but she was armoring it away, locking it into a box even as she spoke.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi