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armory

[ahr-muh-ree] / ˈɑr mə ri /
NOUN
military building, usually for storing weapons
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Zhou declined to comment on whether the Hui Chan was serving as a floating armory when it was seized.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

His band quickly took control of a federal armory and rifle factory in the sleeping town of Harpers Ferry.

From Slate Apr. 2, 2026

At one point, Sandoval remembered watching a deputy open the trunk of an SUV filled with AR-15s rescued from the armory.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2025

Together, they could somewhat grandly be considered the armory of the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force.

From New York Times May 4, 2024

I rode down four levels to my armory, a massive vault filled with storage shelves, display cases, and weapon racks.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

However, the concept took root in U.S. armories, ensuring a broken rifle required only a spare part rather than a skilled gunsmith.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

The mobilized Marines and National Guard troops “will be stationed all across Los Angeles ... that includes Seal Beach, Los Alamitos and a number of National Guard armories across the city,” Guillot said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2025

As water drained from the dam and flooded a 50-mile stretch of the Dnieper, Ukrainian territory along the western banks was swallowed up wholesale—farms, gas stations, land mines, armories, factories, houses, railroad tracks, forests.

From Slate Jun. 13, 2023

Forged in the high school gyms, skating rinks, community halls, National Guard armories and rowdy dance halls of the region, the Northwest Sound evolved incrementally, by trial and error.

From Seattle Times Mar. 10, 2023

From pole to pole, IOI-1 was covered with armories, bunkers, warehouses, and vehicle hangars.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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