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armor

[ahr-mer] / ˈɑr mər /
NOUN
protective covering, often made of metal
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Chainlink necklaces, lace headpieces and even fringe bangs become a form of armor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

A well-read person grows body armor against the rigid conspiracy theorist, against flat artificial intelligence that manipulates without emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Investigators searched the man’s home and found an “illegally modified AR platform rifle,” a pistol, magazines, ammunition and body armor, among other things.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 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

There are grooves carved into her armor, like handholds on recreational rock walls.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

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

A majority of the 100 vehicles the company armors each year leave the United States for overseas clients.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2015

Sheaths and other armors can assist in protecting these insulating materials from mechanical injury, and often are used for that purpose.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Kempster Miller

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

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 took the auction house up on the offer, and the jacket was whisked away in an armored vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Benefo flinches awake, scrambling out of his chair to see exactly what I’m seeing—a stampede of gigantic, armored cows.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

“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

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




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