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Recent Examples of armored
Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
In response to a defense attorney’s questions, Sherman said the SWAT team members were wearing tactical gear, arrived in armored vehicles and broke into the home to conduct the emergency search.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
One of our [armored vehicles] ran over him and killed him.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
According to Major General Thomas Kunkel, who TIME spoke to on Friday, this rescue crew is likely 10- to 20 members, deployed in a helicopter, potentially with an electronic jamming aircraft and a heavily armored A-10 designed to attack ground forces, both providing ground cover for the operation.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office started the internal investigation after aerial footage from CBS Los Angeles caught the alleged incident, where the deputy was reportedly seen crouched behind an armored vehicle and on his phone.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
In response to a defense attorney’s questions, Sherman said the SWAT team members were wearing tactical gear, arrived in armored vehicles and broke into the home to conduct the emergency search.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
One of our [armored vehicles] ran over him and killed him.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
According to Major General Thomas Kunkel, who TIME spoke to on Friday, this rescue crew is likely 10- to 20 members, deployed in a helicopter, potentially with an electronic jamming aircraft and a heavily armored A-10 designed to attack ground forces, both providing ground cover for the operation.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armored
Adjective
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Astronomers typically find such volatile ices only in very cold and shielded environments, such as dense molecular clouds, the envelopes surrounding young stellar objects, or the disks where planets form.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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As is customary, terms of the settlement were not revealed and will likely remain shielded by non-disclosure and non-disparagement language.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Hansen, a Canadian mission specialist on Artemis II, encapsulated the sentiment.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
14 Apr. 2026
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Nearly 500 interviews with couples from 1937 through the 1980s, the breadth of which daughter Dorothy sorts through over a season, her father’s life’s work encapsulated in 25 large cardboard boxes.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora Gomez earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Mabel, a guarded and sarcastic millennial who strikes up an unexpected friendship with Charles and Oliver.—
Olivia Singh,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Our spirits remain guarded, but high, for this one; the Venice Film Festival crowd seemed to eat it up.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
3 Sep. 2024
Verb
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The inward-looking nature of the melancholy Dane — conflicted and cocooned in his thoughts, paralyzed by his own intelligence, while the world constantly reflects back to him his own psychological predicament — feels oddly suited for our solipsistic times.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2026
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In the video, the dachshund is shown completely wrapped inside the sleeve of a dressing gown, his long and short body tightly cocooned as his owner frantically but gently rolls the fabric to release him.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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If your income comes primarily from protected sources like Social Security or disability benefits, a court judgment may pose little immediate threat.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Surgeon General's office, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are banned for 10 years from wielding legal, regulatory or economic pressure to persuade the platforms to remove protected speech.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Where the hill of Fiesole begins to climb, but still in Florence, that’s where the quiet idyll of Il Salviatino begins, a 15th-century villa surrounded by a 13-acre park just 10 minutes away from the Duomo (Santa Maria del Fiore) and a 25-minute ride from the airport.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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If your lawn is surrounded by weeds, gophers may be attracted to the area, dining on the roots of the weeds on the way to your lawn.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Such endurance is central to the aircraft’s role in long-range deterrence operations and potential missions in heavily defended regions.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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Private firefighting outfits defended companies, utilities, and ultrarich enclaves while other parts of the city burned.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The arch, which would be ringed with protective bollards, includes an elevator-accessible observation deck.—
Arden Farhi,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The islands are ringed by coral reefs known for their biodiversity.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armored. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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