artillery

Example Sentences

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The frequently drawn parallel is to North Korea’s conventional artillery massed in range of greater Seoul’s 26 million people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

South Korean and Western intelligence agencies have estimated that the North has sent thousands of soldiers to Russia, primarily to the Kursk region, along with artillery shells, missiles and rocket systems.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

During the first weeks of Russia’s Starlink outage, Ukraine was able to push the Russians back from the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia, the regional capital, sparing the city from assaults from most artillery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

"It appears that there is controversy recently ⁠over US forces in Korea shipping some weapons, such as artillery batteries and air defence weapons, out of the country," he said in a cabinet meeting.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Churchill came in with the equivalent of a loudhailer: delivering clumping great set pieces that occasioned Balfour’s famous taunt that his artillery was “powerful but not very mobile.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith