armed

Example Sentences

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A team of 12 armed servicemembers makes up the initial assault force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The two armed officers had to grab Albadri to stop him going over the fence into the embassy grounds, Pattison said.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

A team of 12 armed servicemembers makes up the initial assault force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

"We will ask for special powers," she said, including to modernize police and deploy the armed forces in prisons.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

What other sports team names can you think of that refer to armed conflict?

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz