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Forces

British  
/ ˈfɔːsɪz /

plural noun

  1. the armed services of a nation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Forces — some visible, some harder to see — are upending literature and education itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, said on Wednesday drones had targeted 48 operational and planned military sites.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

Appeared in the June 23, 2026, print edition as 'The Forces That Broke British Politics'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

To address this new reality, the Israeli defense establishment must create a missile corps within the Israel Defense Forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the US Army Forces in the Far East, declared Manila an open city on December 26, 1941.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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