phalanx
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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
Outside, under the eye of the carabinieri and a phalanx of photographers, the crowd waited.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
A phalanx of guards with full armor and riot shields watched over proceedings.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 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
Each name summons an image in my head—a face, a voice, a form—until it feels as if my fallen comrades are rising up around me, a phalanx of ghosts.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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
The phalanges fall into line like a picket fence with boards of varying lengths, the knuckles unknobby.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
We have five fingers because we have descended from a Devonian fish that had five phalanges or bones in its fins.
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
About 9 a.m., she said, phalanxes of masked agents in tactical vests sealed off the sprawling compound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Now the protesters appear to operate in impunity: Every few hours, phalanxes of volunteers tow garden trolleys bearing half-dozen 20-liter gas cans to top up the drivers.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
No wonder he withdraws his men from the sadly weakened phalanxes of the island king, and tries to make his way southwards.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Gordon Stables
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Ancient Greece - Introductory
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