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
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 guards with full armor and riot shields watched over proceedings.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
They strolled off and I stood where I was and watched them go, walking out of the library in a wide phalanx, side by side.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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
When Swift began reporting on her own fame on “Dear John,” it had the secondary effect of activating phalanxes of fans who went to war on her behalf, too.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
My invitations read from four to five, and the Higgleston ladies came solidly within the minute and departed in phalanxes upon the stroke of five.
From A Woman of Genius by Mary Hunter Austin
Vocabulary lists containing phalanx
Ancient Greece - Introductory
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The Sea of Monsters
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Ancient Greece, Lessons 1–3
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