phalanx
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Michael Sheen is set to star in a Welsh comedy film about a UFO sighting - after sharing his own encounter with "a phalanx of lights" in his hometown.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
A phalanx of guards with full armor and riot shields watched over proceedings.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
He surrendered after a phalanx of heavily armed officers stormed the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
A phalanx of lobbyists hired by the Blazers, meanwhile, were telling state lawmakers they’d need a total of $600 million, starting this year.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2026
The enormous phalanx of the Permian band, led by the ma-jorettes in their black velvet costumes, unfolded like the Russian army in a Victory Day parade in Moscow.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
She uses it to tap fatefully on trees and listen for the tiny movements of tasty grubs within, which she then extracts using those same Nosferatu phalanges.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
On Sunday, Barker shared graphic photos of his blood-stained pants and sanguinary phalanges, which took a beating after Blink-182’s set in Manchester, England.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
I'd start with a small, manageable story: one hand has twenty-seven bones, split into three types—the carpals, the metacarpals, and the slippery phalanges.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2022
Figure 29.15 This drawing shows the bones of the human foot and ankle, including the metatarsals and the phalanges.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Had we descended from a fish with four or six phalanges, we would have four or six fingers on each hand and would think them perfectly natural.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
In the past, insurers have deployed phalanxes of angry seniors and run large-scale ad campaigns, including a commercial during the Super Bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
About 9 a.m., she said, phalanxes of masked agents in tactical vests sealed off the sprawling compound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Now the protesters appear to operate in impunity: Every few hours, phalanxes of volunteers tow garden trolleys bearing half-dozen 20-liter gas cans to top up the drivers.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
At the theatre and opera people waited in solid phalanxes to see her pass.
From Black Oxen by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Vocabulary lists containing phalanx
Ancient Greece - Introductory
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The Sea of Monsters
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Ancient Greece, Lessons 1–3
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