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- noun Plural form of
army .
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Examples
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No other State north of South Carolina was so harried by the forces of the king; and against no other State did they direct such efforts or send such armies, armies which held portions of it to the close of the war.
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At the present moment, when our very existence is threatened by armies vastly superior in numbers to ours, the necessity for defense has induced a call, not for 'the whole militia of all the States,' not for any militia, but for men to compose _armies_ for the Confederate
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Jefferson Davis 1848
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And President Bush is trying to rally what he calls the armies of compassion.
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The debate about the relative strengths of Israeli forces and the invading Arab armies is just part of a pernicious campaign to discredit the very real existential security concerns that Israel has had to deal with, continuously, since the pre-independence days as a nascent state.
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I've heard tell of the other kind of women that gallivanted off like me and did queer things – the sort that become soldiers in armies, and sailors on ships.
The Night-Born 2010
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A state which regulates crime and invading armies is good.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Behavioral Economics and Regulatory Policy: 2010
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An ardent anti-communist, he advocated for millions of dollars in Defense funding to aid the development of Latin American armies, especially in El Salvador.
Nestor D. Sanchez, 83; CIA official led Latin American division T. Rees Shapiro 2011
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The debate about the relative strengths of Israeli forces and the invading Arab armies is just part of a pernicious campaign to discredit the very real existential security concerns that Israel has had to deal with, continuously, since the pre-independence days as a nascent state.
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Sometimes the reason he can fight armies is because of a hard carpace, other times because of some hyper-healing ability.
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Countless the action fleets shotly rushed to Windom main armies under closing battle units covering, shocking action group of fleets high speed!
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