militarize
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As a result, it is unclear how the U.S. or the International Atomic Energy Agency would verify that the Saudis don’t militarize their program.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Offering them benefits and talks has had a perverse effect, Jaramillo said, prompting them to militarize to negotiate from a position of strength.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
“We call on the Polish side not to escalate the situation and not use it to militarize the border area,” Glaz said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
We should also be wary of governments pushing to militarize AI.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023
Starting from this and with the methods and experiences attached to it, it was possible also for other countries, if necessary, to mechanize their politics or, as we say now, to militarize them.
From The New Society by Arthur Windham
These programs represent a new and controversial approach to leveraging the natural world—one that, in essence, militarizes the environment.
From Slate ● May 3, 2017
The war meme also transforms societies, militarizes them, in ways that make war more likely.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 18, 2013
Small trench networks are visible at intersections on approaches to the city, indicating the area is militarized, but these have also been in place for many months.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
The E-4B is a militarized version of Boeing’s 747 aircraft, and is designed to withstand electromagnetic pulses and the heat of a nuclear attack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2026
These tableaus take place against the backdrop of an increasingly militarized vision of Christmas that permeates American pop culture.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
The story is rudimentary: Elongated blue cat people prepare for a gigantic battle with the nasty, militarized, heartless, corporation-backed human colonists, or “sky people.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
On the projection screen was the faded-color image of a short man in a militarized black jumpsuit and huge, blue suede platforms.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
He denied that China was militarizing the disputed South China Sea, while asserting its maritime claims there.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
Their default is to frame the UAP matter in terms of security—a view the media often reinforces— thus militarizing the issue.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 2, 2023
These developments altered the nature of society in Africa, militarizing states and reorienting African trade.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The deal was made with defense tech contractor L3Harris and Air Tractor, with the former militarizing the latter’s initial designs for a purely agricultural plane.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2022
Nor does preparation mean a policy of militarizing.
From State of the Union Address by Calvin Coolidge
