the Marines

noun

: the part of a country's military forces that includes soldiers who serve on a ship or are closely associated with a naval force : the U.S. Marine Corps or the British Royal Marines

Examples of the Marines in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Complications ensue when the Marines invade the island, resulting in battle sequences with lots of pyrotechnics. —Jeffrey Miller, Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026

Steaming the Marines toward the Gulf from the Philippine Sea is the USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship that could prove useful in any attack on Kharg. —Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026

Well, why doesn’t the brave senator lead the Marines on to victory? —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026

Military tracker accounts on X showed the USS Boxer, an amphibious assault ship that the Marines are reportedly deploying abord, leaving port at San Diego on March 18. —Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026

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