cavalry
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The drawdown means “there is no SPR cavalry on the horizon” as Middle East supply disruption picks up again, one analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But whether the cavalry is arriving too late to save a season with just 10 games left remains to be seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
"We're losing pubs. Pubs need to know that the cavalry is coming," he told broadcasters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
They are the lucky ones - the players chosen to start and the cavalry that will come off the bench.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Dimly Frodo saw the river below him rise, and down along its course there came a plumed cavalry of waves.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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
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
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
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