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as in battalion
a large body of men and women organized for land warfare
In 218 b.c., Hannibal crossed the Alps with an army of 26,000 men and, most famously, a number of elephants
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as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a vast army of loyal fans in line for the band's farewell concert
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as in team
a group of people working together on a task
an army of rescue workers descended on the tornado-stricken town
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The first film recounts the Battle of Thermopylae during the Greco-Persian Wars, where King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) of Sparta leads 300 of his finest warriors against the massive Persian army commanded by King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro).
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Travis Bean, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
More recently, the year-long war between the Israeli and Hezbollah armies in Lebanon further delayed the official reopening of the Metropolis Cinema from early October to this weekend.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
But Brie is technically dating Mike (Marco Grazzini), the detective who made Brady turn informant, and Brady's old frenemy from the army.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
In the coastal city of Jableh, where I was raised, and in the surrounding Alawite mountains, activists have estimated that tens of thousands of young men died fighting in Assad’s army, particularly in battles against opposition forces starting in 2011.
—Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Travis Bean, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
More recently, the year-long war between the Israeli and Hezbollah armies in Lebanon further delayed the official reopening of the Metropolis Cinema from early October to this weekend.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
But Brie is technically dating Mike (Marco Grazzini), the detective who made Brady turn informant, and Brady's old frenemy from the army.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
In the coastal city of Jableh, where I was raised, and in the surrounding Alawite mountains, activists have estimated that tens of thousands of young men died fighting in Assad’s army, particularly in battles against opposition forces starting in 2011.
—Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
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The new historical drama, streaming now on Netflix, follows the true story of an all-Black and all-female battalion during World War II.Hannah Malach, WWD, 19 Dec. 2024
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One person who was injured was a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection battalion chief on duty, according to the AP.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The city’s mayor and top police official stood among a throng of heavily armed officers last Thursday when Mangione was flown to a Manhattan heliport and slowly escorted up a pier after being extradited from Pennsylvania.Michael R. Sisak and Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Warren himself was too overcome to talk to a throng of reporters who awaited his release.CBS News, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Our team includes multiple testers with different morning routines, with multiple versions and visions of beard.Andrew Williams, WIRED, 25 Dec. 2024
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Howard senior Kaleigh Williams headlines The Baltimore Sun’s 2024 All-Metro volleyball teams as Player of the Year.Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
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The game tells the story of a future Earth long after catastrophe—in the form of an autonomous robotic swarm—has ruined the planet.Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
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These new bots swarm websites not to catalog content but to feed that content to AI, a technology that threatens to replace search as the default means of online discovery (and does so by digesting and regurgitating the content in a monstrous, unciteable form).Longreads, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
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Sunday's mournful cowboy funeral is attended only by his family, the bunkhouse crew, and three close friends.Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
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According to Us Weekly, Swift hopes to bring their families together for the holiday—which means the entire Swift and Kelce crew will likely attend the Chiefs game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 25.Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2024
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When Jordan sealed its border in 2016 after an ISIS attack killed six Jordanian soldiers, most of the Syrian civilians were trapped — unable to move forward or go back through roads controlled by the Syrian regime or even move through a desert laid with land mines.Jane Arraf, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
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On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Ashley’s original, which has made musical history books for its pioneering use of the then-new element of feedback, seems to have a had a more carnival/cabaret feel, including crowd noise.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Dec. 2024
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Huge crowds of protesters massed outside the National Assembly and around the country erupted in celebration, many of them waving light sticks often seen at K-pop concerts.Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 14 Dec. 2024
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Typically, compared to other pitches, sinkers have larger platoon splits.Will Sammon, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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As a military police platoon leader and trainer for the Kuwait National Guard's counterterrorism unit, Gabbard achieved another milestone in 2009, becoming one of the first women to set foot in a Kuwaiti military facility and the first woman to be honored by the Kuwait National Guard.Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Army.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/army. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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