armed band
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The armed band walked back through the deserted city of Myra toward their ships.
From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024
Twenty years ago, the mission seemed direct, clear and just: invade Afghanistan and pursue, capture or kill Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and his armed band of followers.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2021
Mengesha, a distant relative of Haile Selassie, has an armed band of more than 4,000 peasants.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Out of the Mexican hills rode an armed band.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"If this thing is more than a match for one man, why don't you send an armed band with heavy atomic guns and clear the asteroid by main force?"
From The Planetoid of Peril by Ernst, Paul