James Blunt

I think I was lucky to be a little older when I became famous. But still, the shock of the world starting to treat you in a weird way... I had come from the army, where we had to deal with life or death, and suddenly, people were asking whether you were cool or not. I have never cared about whether I'm cool.

English Musician

Jeremy Irons

I wanted to find a way of life that allowed me great freedom, not to be stuck. I went to a very traditional school, which prepared people for the army or for banking or for industry, and I wanted to be outside of that.

English Actor

Neeti Mohan

Having studied in a girls school, I was always surrounded by women, all of who were strong-willed and came from army backgrounds, that played a very important role in my life.

Indian Musician

Oded Fehr

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

Israeli Actor

John Fleming

ISIS is a battle-hardened, highly trained organization that is well-funded. They're one of the strongest armies in the world for their size.

American Politician

Neil Peart

The government's only functions are to protect the rights of the individual; therefore, you need a police force and an army.

Canadian Musician

Keith Miller

Then one day I read about a book that said that the church is the only army that shoots its wounded.

American Author

Victor Hugo

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

French Author

Abiy Ahmed

Negative peace is possible as long as you have a strong army.

Ethiopian Politician

Eddie Slovik

American Soldier

Mainly refers to a nation's military force on land.

Military Usage

Used in a formal context for military discussions or news.

Formal Context

Familiarize with common army collocations for better application.

Collocation Importance

Used to describe a big number of things or people, not soldiers.

Figurative Meaning

Implies power by large numbers or collective effort.

Strength Implication

Suggests organization and common goals, beyond just big numbers.

Collective Action

Often used in a modern, non-military context to inspire unity.

Modern Usage

In religion, an organized group of angels; context-specific use.

Angelic Term

Less common today, found in older texts about heavenly beings.

Historical Context

Used in biology for large groups of certain animals, usually insects.

Scientific Application

Often used to convey the impact of insect populations on ecology.

Environmental Context

 that would make you live forever. In these early days, the Chinese hadn't yet figured out how to make the powder explode; it was simply very flammable, and their armies used it to make flaming arrows and even a flamethrower. But once they figured out the right proportions of ingredients to create a blast,

The deadly irony of...

 And as early as the first year of his reign, he began the construction of a massive underground necropolis filled with monuments, artifacts, and an army to accompany him into the next world and continue his rule. This magnificent army is still standing in precise battle formation

The incredible history...

 They're often made of plastic, and after you flush them down the drain, some also end up in this giant garbage patch, much to the delight of the nurdles, building up their plastic army there. And then there are the large pieces of unrecycled plastic litter,

The nurdles' quest for...

 for added protection. Sparta in its prime was a different story, finding walls unnecessary when it had an army of the most feared warriors in the ancient world. So what was Sparta doing differently than everyone else to produce such fierce soldiers?

This is Sparta: Fierce...

 But now the army is back to bury the dead with full military honors. As he helps in the task, he can’t help wondering whether the bones he handles belonged to someone he knew. Several times he wants to weep aloud, but he pushes on with the task.

A day in the life of a...

 people to high taxation and showed little tolerance for dissent chin outlived numerous assassination attempts and was quite paranoid about revolution he may have thought these threats would follow him into the afterlife the army

The Terra-Cotta Warriors...

 world power vast areas of untracked wilderness towering mountain range and the splintered loyalties of many races would have proved difficult for the ablest of generals with strong armies at his

The impact of Simón...

 and the bot armies that are on twitter you know i think i think these these fun influence that they're not they're they're they they make the product much worse um if i see if you know

Elon Musk talks Twitter,...

 exactly like the Emperor's real army light infantry at the front then heavy infantry an even cavalry at the rear five hundred and twenty life-sized

The First Emperor’s Army...

 others head for the surface for a first look at their strange new world the entire army is mobilizing