Israel called up reservists and massed its forces on the Gaza border, threatening a ground invasion.
The United States and Britain have massed nearly 300, 000 troops in the Persian Gulf region.
That alone may be enough to secure their popularity among the massed ranks of Britain's television addicts.
The shells for the massive guns of this supposedly impregnable fortress were designed to destroy attacking ships, not massed infantry.
Although tensions between the two countries have eased they both have hundreds of thousands of troops massed on their border.
Everything, maybe, except to the lower orders of the teaching profession and the massed ranks of elected politicians.
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In Times Square, where at least a dozen NYPD Critical Response Vehicles massed, officers patrolled the area on foot.
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The shells for the guns of this supposedly impregnable fortress were designed to destroy attacking ships, not massed infantry.
Both countries still have troops massed along their international border and on the Line of Control in divided Kashmir.
It is now an industry in itself, with full-time staff, websites, newsletters, professional associations and massed armies of consultants.
We know that it massed at the "border" between Georgia and Ossetia a considerable military and paramilitary logistical presence.
Priests dressed in yellow flowing robes and carrying staffs massed at the Holy Trinity cathedral, where the patriarch was buried.
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Kennedy failed, and more than 200, 000 demonstrators massed in Washington to rail against high unemployment and low wages for blacks.
He believed in an all-out global struggle between a noble vanguard of true Muslims and the massed ranks of jahiliyya.
The affluent, massed or not, are a juicy advertising demographic for the many thriving luxury brands, which explains a lot.
It also broadcast images of ranks of North Koreans massed in central Pyongyang on Friday to listen to congratulatory speeches.
In Germany, there were heated debates about homosexuality, and massed viewers bayed vitriolically for the expulsion of an unpopular contestant.
Meanwhile tens of thousands of pro-immigration activists massed outside the Capitol and in cities around the country to push Congress to act.
One of the children's father called 911 -- and an army of rescue workers massed at the mouth of the deep pit.
In 1990, U.S. warships in the Gulf were placed on alert after Iraq massed nearly 30, 000 troops near its border with Kuwait.
Similarly, after the Gulf War, Turkey aided 500, 000 Kurds when they massed along the Turkish-Iraqi border to escape reprisals from the Iraqi leadership.
This morning, protesters massed outside the Senedd, concerned that some big decisions are in the pipeline about services at Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth.
Iraqi insurgents had massed around the two buildings occupied by Marines, and they opened fire with mortars, with rockets, with automatic weapons fire.
The impeachment sparked clashes between police on horseback and supporters of Mr Lugo massed outside the National Congress building in the capital Asuncion.
But in the absence of a settlement, with Israeli forces massed and ready to roll, a ground phase still cannot be ruled out.
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As a practical matter, Saddam Hussein had to move his massed armored forces through Kuwait to get at Saudi Arabia in any meaningful way.
Pakistan denied involvement in the attack but relations between the two countries nosedived as their armies massed about a million troops along the border.
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The visitors allowed Newcastle plenty of possession as they sat back and challenged the home side to find a way through their massed ranks.
That gave Arsenal total freedom to stroke the ball around but surprisingly they unwisely tried to play through the massed ranks in the middle.
As dusk neared, after several hours of forays, thousands of protesters massed on the 26th of July Bridge and surged through the police ranks toward Tahrir.
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