phalanx

Flores was flanked by a phalanx of attorneys who represent him in both his civil and criminal cases as he arrived in a downtown courtroom to face the charges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

The population flight decimated Gary’s commercial core, leaving a phalanx of abandoned stores and banks along Broadway and thousands of vacant houses around town.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Outside, under the eye of the carabinieri and a phalanx of photographers, the crowd waited.

From BBC ● May 14, 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

A phalanx of the Director’s security detail stomps out and takes up position in front of the Hub doors.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

Figure 29.15 This drawing shows the bones of the human foot and ankle, including the metatarsals and the phalanges.

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

They changed hands when Athens and Sparta invented the phalanxes of hoplites, those citizen-soldiers who defeated the Persians at Marathon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 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

Adult performers are vastly outnumbered by a strong company of singing and dancing children, who in the school scenes form phalanxes and mazes, physically cornering Trevor into being isolated and judged.

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022

She had hosts of friends, phalanxes of admirers; could have had hosts of aspirants to a still closer relationship, but so far would have none of them.

From White Fire by John Oxenham