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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Labels matter Security analysts say the situation in Haiti continues to defy clear international legal characterization and the choice of labels – crisis, armed conflict, gangs, terrorist groups, armed groups, criminal groups, insurgents – carries significant legal and humanitarian implications.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Just two years later, though, three armed BLA members were able to break her out of the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in New Jersey.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
An outspoken proponent of armed revolution in the United States, Shakur was convicted for her role in a 1973 shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that killed a state trooper.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Twenty people, some armed with guns, stormed a jewelry store in San Ramon on Monday.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Labels matter Security analysts say the situation in Haiti continues to defy clear international legal characterization and the choice of labels – crisis, armed conflict, gangs, terrorist groups, armed groups, criminal groups, insurgents – carries significant legal and humanitarian implications.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Just two years later, though, three armed BLA members were able to break her out of the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in New Jersey.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
An outspoken proponent of armed revolution in the United States, Shakur was convicted for her role in a 1973 shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that killed a state trooper.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armed
Adjective
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For a healthier boost, enjoy coffee with oats, berries, or nuts instead of dairy or fortified cereals.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois,
Health,
25 Sep. 2025
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The fortified walls of Makwanpurgadhi and Hariharpurgadhi have since become overgrown and covered with moss, transforming from sources of military power to tourist destination stops.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This supports the country’s need to stay technologically advanced and prepared.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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Drivers should be prepared for changing conditions that include snow and icy roads.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In maybe the most successful test of temporary flood walls, Tampa General Hospital escaped massive storm surge damage from Hurricane Milton in 2024 behind a 10 foot tall wall of braced aluminum panels made by AquaFence.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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He’s blessed with a tense, scrabbling physicality on screen, plus a baby-Brando glower beneath a head of striking blond curls, and Nemes directs him into a stance of braced, vulnerable defensiveness that serves the film’s purposes well — even if his character, too, wants for interior light.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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And Griffith herself worked as a substitute teacher hired by Pendleton and was assigned to a design team for one of the new schools.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Sharks assigned forwards Lucas Vanroboys and Anthony Vincent, and defensemen Noah Beck and Mattias Havelid to the Barracuda on Friday.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The amount varies each day because every country is different, but each team is allotted the same amount.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Each side has been allotted one hour and 45 minutes for their closing arguments.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Spring brings ripe strawberries, while summer is filled with juicy peaches, and fall offers apples and pumpkins.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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Digital settler colonialism renders digital terrain as an extension of physical spaces ripe for colonization, relying on imperial sanction to target anti-colonial subjects and their supporters as enemies that must be neutralized by any means necessary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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This was offset by a high hotel quality rating, of 8 out of 10, alongside an 82,500-capacity stadium with eight matches allocated.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Martin laughed this week when asked to approximate the number of hours he’s allocated to this.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Armed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armed. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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