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
Macron, who was scheduled to give Trump a red-carpet welcome, was a no-show as Trump arrived at the summit before a phalanx of cameras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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
Luke’s warriors were organizing themselves into a phalanx.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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
The phalanges fall into line like a picket fence with boards of varying lengths, the knuckles unknobby.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
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
They changed hands when Athens and Sparta invented the phalanxes of hoplites, those citizen-soldiers who defeated the Persians at Marathon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 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
Federal security was finally forthcoming for Gaytán — at her funeral, which featured phalanxes of troops guarding Celaya’s cathedral.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
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
No wonder he withdraws his men from the sadly weakened phalanxes of the island king, and tries to make his way southwards.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Gordon Stables
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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