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The axes and sword, therefore, could have been used against the knights — or on their behalf.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025 -
The city goes car-free for five days, allowing travelers, merchants, carriages, and knights to bring the Middle Ages back to life.—
Carissa & Dino Tozzi,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2025
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Sadly, the Ferrari’s promising racing career came to a screeching halt when French gendarmes seized the car at the Paris Orly airport parking lot—something about a dispute between Monsieur Fayen and the French tax authorities.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
23 Dec. 2024
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The mud-slinging scene occurred as thousands more Spanish soldiers, national police officers, and Civil Guard gendarmes arrived, or are set to arrive, at the disaster sites.—
Joseph Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Nov. 2024
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Hezbollah still retains much of its arsenal of light arms, more than 10,000 full-time fighters, and many more reservists.—
Hanin Ghaddar,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Feb. 2025
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Born and raised in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Brittney grew up in a military family — her parents are Army reservists and her grandfather, a Filipino immigrant, earned his U.S. citizenship through service in the Navy.—
Mike Winters,Tasia Jensen,
CNBC,
19 Dec. 2024
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Trump was ultimately forced to revise that proposal, banning new transgender recruits but allowing existing trans troops to stay in the military.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Etheridge helped recruit numerous blue-chip recruits at his last Power 4 job — which was at his alma mater, Auburn.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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In addition, only six percent of eligible conscripts reported for training last year; the rest received deferments to complete their education.—
Jennifer Kavanagh,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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The true reason of growing desertions lays in low morale and patriotism of recent conscripts who never wanted to defend their homeland and were caught and forced to do that.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Going to celebrate the Passover, Jesus chose to enter the city on the back of a colt, in stark contrast to the warhorses and chariots of Roman armies.—
Lynne Silva-Breen,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.—
Charles McGrath,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2024
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Seattle's sports scene offers a professional football team, an NHL franchise, a major league baseball team (which ended its 21-year playoff drought recently), and the four-time WNBA champions, the Seattle Storm.—
Melissa Santos,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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Alex Walsh was a champion in the 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay and 400 free relay.—
Casey Murphy,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Gallowglass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallowglass. Accessed 7 Mar. 2025.
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