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- noun Plural form of
armada .
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Examples
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I was leading these two legal armadas, which is one reason I kept my bout with cancer a guarded secret.
Outgunned PETER HARRY BROWN DANIEL G. ABEL 2003
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I was leading these two legal armadas, which is one reason I kept my bout with cancer a guarded secret.
Outgunned PETER HARRY BROWN DANIEL G. ABEL 2003
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I was leading these two legal armadas, which is one reason I kept my bout with cancer a guarded secret.
Outgunned PETER HARRY BROWN DANIEL G. ABEL 2003
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Armada lay in the tall galleons of the six "armadas" or squadrons of
Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale
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So when we build those bases on that global field of screams, when we send our armadas of drones out to kill, don't be surprised if the rest of the world doesn't see us as the good guys or the heroes, but as terminators.
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This time around – and I think we're on the 22nd remake now – they've steampunked it, gussying it up with much retro-futuristic silliness and cheap-looking CGI, anachronistic weaponry and ordnance, by-the-numbers action-heroics, and a sky teeming with armadas of heavily armoured hot-air balloons reminiscent of Zeppelins.
This steampunk take on The Three Musketeers doesn't buckle my swash 2011
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In the early 1600s, the Spanish monarchy dispatched armadas regularly to stock up on gold, silver and gems from the Americas to help fund its army.
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Ken is forced to assume command in a race toward a distant mainland with the vast armadas of El Diablo del Fuego close behind.
Query: New and Improved! Now With Notes! Ulysses 2010
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There's one photo-op I'll always remember: At a narrow part of the lake I was fishing one bright June day, I put a long cast, just for the heck of it, into a clear space between two thrashing armadas of rowboats.
The Lure of Central Park Ned Crabb 2010
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No taxpayers dollars for the vast armadas of military aviation, no 707, DC-8, L-1011, 747 …
Matthew Yglesias » Obama HSR Agenda Will Still Leave China With the Fastest Trains 2010
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