phalanx

Michael Sheen is set to star in a Welsh comedy film about a UFO sighting - after sharing his own encounter with "a phalanx of lights" in his hometown.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Instead of the usual phalanx of cars and buses, Saturday evening traffic on Wilshire Boulevard was replaced by massive balloons, mobile sculptures, gaggles of gallerists and an endless array of elaborate costumes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

A phalanx of lobbyists hired by the Blazers, meanwhile, were telling state lawmakers they’d need a total of $600 million, starting this year.

From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2026

Armies have always been organized on authority—the Greek phalanx, Roman legions, Napoleon’s corps system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

Once or twice the travellers heard the rush and whine of swan-wings, and looking up they saw a great phalanx streaming along the sky.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

She uses it to tap fatefully on trees and listen for the tiny movements of tasty grubs within, which she then extracts using those same Nosferatu phalanges.

From Salon ● May 11, 2025

On Sunday, Barker shared graphic photos of his blood-stained pants and sanguinary phalanges, which took a beating after Blink-182’s set in Manchester, England.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

I'd start with a small, manageable story: one hand has twenty-seven bones, split into three types—the carpals, the metacarpals, and the slippery phalanges.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2022

Each digit consists of three phalanges, except for the thumb, when present, which has only two.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Had we descended from a fish with four or six phalanges, we would have four or six fingers on each hand and would think them perfectly natural.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

In the past, insurers have deployed phalanxes of angry seniors and run large-scale ad campaigns, including a commercial during the Super Bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

Federal security was finally forthcoming for Gaytán — at her funeral, which featured phalanxes of troops guarding Celaya’s cathedral.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024

As the group approached the Louvre, participants were ambushed by phalanxes of armor-clad riot officers who had hidden near the colonnades of the nearby Comédie Française.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

They differ only in the absence of the French barrack-like character of the phalanxes, and the fantastic character of the presentation of the doctrine.

From Principles Of Political Economy by John J. (John Joseph) Lalor