Be Prepared
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Be Prepared: How many jobs will AI upend?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
"Be Prepared" takes on new meaning in the latest edition of the 80-year-old guide.
From Time Magazine Archive
Heading west, they were cheered by U. S. Boy Scouts as supreme symbols of the motto: "Be Prepared."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Be Prepared" has degenerated to a Tom Lehrer double-entendre; the descendants of Lord Baden-Powell are dimly imagined by contemporary cynics to be a rustic army of bug-eyed idealists.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just as the Scouts' motto is "Be Prepared," just for these reasons that they prepare for the country's defense.
From The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code by Charles L. (Charles Lewis) Wrenn
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