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Recent Examples of armored
Marzio Mian, The Dial, 12 June 2025
Thousands of departments have received items ranging from armored vehicles to assault rifles to bayonets.
—Abigail R. Hall, Twin Cities, 11 June 2025
With the border crossing a short distance in the background, armed men in ballistic vests and carrying rifles can be seen shouting at the open driver’s side door of a Chiapas state police armored vehicle.
—Edgar H. Clemente, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Associated Press photos from a 2019 operation that resulted in 680 arrests at several Mississippi chicken processing plants showed agents wore handguns and tactical vests, but did not wear masks, carry rifles nor arrive in armored vehicles.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
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Adjective
There are about 3,600 bunkers on Sazan, armored cement mushrooms emerging from the vegetation or perched on mountaintops like lookouts against phantom American aircraft carriers or Soviet frigates.
—Marzio Mian, The Dial, 12 June 2025
Thousands of departments have received items ranging from armored vehicles to assault rifles to bayonets.
—Abigail R. Hall, Twin Cities, 11 June 2025
With the border crossing a short distance in the background, armed men in ballistic vests and carrying rifles can be seen shouting at the open driver’s side door of a Chiapas state police armored vehicle.
—Edgar H. Clemente, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
Associated Press photos from a 2019 operation that resulted in 680 arrests at several Mississippi chicken processing plants showed agents wore handguns and tactical vests, but did not wear masks, carry rifles nor arrive in armored vehicles.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armored
Verb
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This chic sculptural white bottle contains four different retinoids, including pure retinol, encapsulated retinol, granactive retinoid, and bio-seletinoid to provide a multi-pronged, multi-phase approach to firming, plumping, and clarifying all skin types.—
Devon Abelman,
Allure,
11 Feb. 2025
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The blend of green and encapsulated flesh-tone pigments helps cancel out angry redness to leave behind a healthy glow.—
Emily Orofino,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Jennifer Kale is a witch who is very guarded and needs to learn how to trust people, and keeps getting tested on that over and over again throughout the show.—
Brande Victorian,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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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 second photo saw a smiling Gomez sitting on a picnic blanket as food from Taco Bell surrounded her.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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His family said in an obituary that Meek died surrounded by family and friends.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
27 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The tortoises live in a sheltered habitat ringed by barbed wire and draped in netting.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Dec. 2024
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The most popular activity in Crater Lake National Park is going on the Rim Drive around the lake and snapping photos of the bright-blue waters ringed by jagged volcanic formations.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armored. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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