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Recent Examples of armed
Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
The same images came up repeatedly: vans with ICE written on the side and armed men outside of houses.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2025
Turkey’s arch enemy, the armed Kurdish PKK group, released a video showing its forces targeting and bringing down that drone.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
However, the military and several key armed resistance groups have all declared temporary ceasefires on Wednesday in the wake of the earthquake to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid.
—Grant Peck, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
But such efforts have not stopped profits flowing to corrupt actors and armed groups.
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As for Giglio, the threat of pirate raids caused its inhabitants to turn away from the sea for centuries, taking refuge in the fortified town high in the island’s center.—
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Look for fortified foods like milk, orange juice, and whole-grain cereals to boost your calcium and vitamin D intake.32 A Word From Verywell Tuning into fullness helps prevent overeating and encourages a balanced approach to meals.—
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There’s no such thing as being over-prepared when traveling with kids.—
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All four teams are stronger and better prepared with players who weren’t available for the first meeting.—
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But Dahl realized that Sparks had assigned her the Williams case within a day of Sarah’s first phone call.—
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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.—
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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.—
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In the short term, more is being allotted to farms and communities in Central and Southern California.—
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Once ripe, they can be consumed in various dishes, like salads and guacamole, or on their own.—
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The table above suggests that the conditions are ripe for another price crash, albeit perhaps a fender-bender.—
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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.—
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Meanwhile, the remaining funding to be allocated as loans to clean energy companies is on hold.—
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“Armed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armed. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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