cavalry
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“Pubs need to know the cavalry is coming,” he said, later announcing a 20% cut in business rates, worth about 1,100 pounds a year for each pub, or roughly $1,500.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
And, sure enough, the cavalry has finally arrived.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
Gen. Harold G. Moore, who commanded a cavalry unit at the late 1965 Ia Drang battle, fretted how the war was “devastating to the morale and effectiveness of every American unit in combat.”
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Fabio said he was constantly looking left and right to see all the action and he was surprised by the scale of the tapestry, particularly the number of Norman boats and cavalry.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
I hurry back into the rooms, pushing past Katherine and grabbing the cavalry sword and my sickles.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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Their fierce cavalries struck fear in the hearts of anyone unfortunate enough to cross their path.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022
Once a society adopted superior iron weaponry and formed cavalries, it could protect itself from rivals or overwhelm them, Turchin says.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 28, 2022
The twin developments of agriculture and military technology—especially cavalries and iron weapons—have predicted the rise of empires.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 28, 2022
Broadly speaking, if two cavalries of approximately equal mobility manoeuvre against each other in open country, neither side can afford the loss of time that dismounting to fight on foot entails.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
When hostile cavalries thus meet each other, there is usually but small loss on either side.
From A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry by Francis J. (Francis James) Lippitt
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