armor
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The technology emerged from research focused on making military uniforms more resistant to mosquito bites and improving comfort for soldiers wearing body armor.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
I think Juniper says at one point that fame is a kind of armor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
For termites, it provides protective armor while also creating sturdy attachment points for muscles.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Not every queer person watching has my armor, or my volume, or my stubbornness.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
From her boots to her olive-green camo pants and black body armor, Belet was ready for all levels of badassery.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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With each of her characters, Nazarin included, Neshat gradually sheds their armors of self-possession and strength, their reserve and resolve, to reveal how fragile, scared and insecure they truly are.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
So Tre armors himself, he goes about making himself indestructible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021
Around the park’s Homestead entrance last week, hundreds of lubbers were splattered on the asphalt, their crushed orange armors gleaming in the sunlight.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2019
A majority of the 100 vehicles the company armors each year leave the United States for overseas clients.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2015
Among the most beautiful armors we saw were the suits of Charles I. and a small one which belonged to his younger brother when a lad.
From Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland by J.O. Choules
We’re likely to do some of each, but on the mitigation end of things, sea walls, rock revetments and armored cliffs are temporary fixes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
“The Beast is going faster than it has ever gone before,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, referring to the heavily armored presidential limousine.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Stellantis is in talks to sell its idled Toronto-area factory to Roshel, a local maker of armored vehicles, the WSJ’s Paul Vieira reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Trump, 80, is expected to take a ceremonial lap of honor in his armored limousine dubbed "The Beast" and then wave the green flag to start the race.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
It carried me up through the interior of the robot’s leg and torso, to the cockpit located inside its armored chest.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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“They’re armoring the shoreline with rocks and cement walls, sometimes without permits. And Quidnessett is the poster child.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
But human engineering, like building dams or armoring riverbanks, can affect streamflow and raise water temperatures.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2023
Rodrigo Rivera, manager of Blindatek, a vehicle bulletproofing service, says he started armoring cars three years ago in response to requests from clients of his car accessories company.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023
“We need temporary armoring right now,” Kadara said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
The sadness was in her eyes too, but she was armoring it away, locking it into a box even as she spoke.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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