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verb

past tense of armor

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Recent Examples of armored
Adjective
They are armed with automatic weapons – largely smuggled from the United States – and move unhindered through the narrow, winding alleys of their neighborhood strongholds in Port-au-Prince, which national and multinational police forces are often unable to navigate in their bulky armored vehicles. Linnea Fehrm, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2025 Listen to this article Children who attend Denver’s Place Bridge Academy discovered federal immigration officers with military-style rifles banging at their doors one morning last month as armored vehicles blocked streets. Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2025 Modi also signed India up to buy more U.S. defense equipment, including additional heavy armored vehicles, drones and fighter jets. Seema Mody, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025 As the technology improves, the decoys are becoming harder to distinguish from real armored vehicles. Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for armored
Recent Examples of Synonyms for armored
Verb
  • Packed with peptides to plump and tighten, alpha lipoic acid to brighten and even tone, and encapsulated retinol for an extra collagen boost, this multitasking serum delivers lifted, radiant, and ultra-smooth skin.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 19 Dec. 2024
  • These particles are then encapsulated in alginate-polyacrylic acid, forming highly absorbent spheres approximately 3mm in diameter.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Jennifer Kale is a witch who is very guarded and needs to learn how to trust people, and keeps getting tested on that over and over again throughout the show.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Our spirits remain guarded, but high, for this one; the Venice Film Festival crowd seemed to eat it up.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Chelsea’s head coach raised both hands above his head in sustained applause as Cole Palmer, having sized up ambitious passes through to Nicolas Jackson or Pedro Neto ahead of him but surrounded by Fulham bodies, instead opted to turn away and pass backwards, consolidating possession.
    Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • His family said in an obituary that Meek died surrounded by family and friends.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The tortoises live in a sheltered habitat ringed by barbed wire and draped in netting.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The most popular activity in Crater Lake National Park is going on the Rim Drive around the lake and snapping photos of the bright-blue waters ringed by jagged volcanic formations.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024

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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armored. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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