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Recent Examples of armed
Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 27 June 2025
His escape unleashed a wave of violence in Ecuador, prompting Noboa to declare an internal armed conflict and designate Los Choneros and 21 other criminal groups operating in the country as terror organizations.
—Ana María Cañizares, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
He was charged with armed violence, use of a firearm without a firearm owner’s identification card, possession of a fake ID and drug possession.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
There is no record in the Salt Lake City event permit indicating that armed security would be present, police said.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 June 2025
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Adjective
According to the Foreign Policy Research Institute, violence perpetrated by dozens of armed groups in the eastern DRC has cost more than 6 million lives since 1996.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 27 June 2025
His escape unleashed a wave of violence in Ecuador, prompting Noboa to declare an internal armed conflict and designate Los Choneros and 21 other criminal groups operating in the country as terror organizations.
—Ana María Cañizares, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
He was charged with armed violence, use of a firearm without a firearm owner’s identification card, possession of a fake ID and drug possession.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
There is no record in the Salt Lake City event permit indicating that armed security would be present, police said.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armed
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The main wedding reception, meanwhile, is set to be held Saturday in the Arsenale, a historic complex surrounded by fortified walls on the eastern side of the city.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
27 June 2025
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Buried deep inside a mountain, the Fordo fuel enrichment site was the most heavily fortified of Iran's nuclear facilities.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
26 June 2025
Verb
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There’s no such thing as being over-prepared when traveling with kids.—
Ramona Saviss,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
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All four teams are stronger and better prepared with players who weren’t available for the first meeting.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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But Dahl realized that Sparks had assigned her the Williams case within a day of Sarah’s first phone call.—
Ronan Farrow,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes that individuals whose passport gender does not match their gender assigned at birth may have their visa or travel permit denied.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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While Medicaid and Medicare haven't been specified as areas to cut, the committee will have to make final decisions, and Medicaid and Medicare are allotted a considerable portion of the committee's funding.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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In the short term, more is being allotted to farms and communities in Central and Southern California.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If the leaf comes out with minimal resistance, the fruit is probably ripe.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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This is a fruit ripe for picking and every investor, private-equity firm and sovereign wealth fund looking for a prize asset in the world’s most popular domestic football league has kicked the tyres at Spurs, taken the tour and run the numbers.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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As a volunteer at the campus in his high school days, Rowland strongly favored keeping the facility running and later allocated millions in state money that was matched even further by additional millions in federal money.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, the remaining funding to be allocated as loans to clean energy companies is on hold.—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Armed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armed. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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