marines

Definition of marinesnext
plural of marine

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Noun
  • Give me raiders of the lost past, any day, and forgive them their lack of footnotes.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The raiders just went on a 7-0 run to take a 68-67 lead with under six minutes to play.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • While the hero existed — as did Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, or at least musketeers with similar names — most of the actual stories are invented, either by the sensationalist biographer or Dumas himself.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • In Monaghan Rivas’ version, the musketeers are female rather than male.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Marines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marines. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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