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ironclad

[ahy-ern-klad, ahy-ern-klad] / ˈaɪ ərnˈklæd, ˈaɪ ərnˌklæd /


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Your biggest hurdle has already been cleared: You have an ironclad prenuptial agreement.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

U.S. officials say American alliances in Asia are ironclad, but they want allies to take on a bigger role in regional security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

But experts have worried that doctors are hesitating to offer treatment without an ironclad diagnosis, which clinicians say can take time and increase risks to the mother.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Islamabad also has a defence agreement with regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia and "ironclad" ties with China, Iran's top trading partner.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

His look was one of conviction, of guileless yet ironclad earnestness.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

These days, substitute nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, strategic bombers, aircraft carriers, and similar "modern" weapons for the ironclads of his era and the sentiment rings at least as true as it did then.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023

He also corresponded with French shipyards on the design of Confederate ironclads.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 2, 2021

"A lot of these ironclads are built by house carpenters, they're not built by shipwrights," said Jeff Seymour, historian and curator for the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus.

From US News ● Aug. 16, 2015

Quarstein is the chief development officer of the USS Monitor Foundation and has written three books about Civil War ironclads, as well as working on other topics and PBS documentaries.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2015

Mebby I oughtnt say we took it becus it was the ironclads that done it.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt


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