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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

About 300 feet northwest, the Naval Security Forces training building was destroyed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 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

Koizumi, 45, also told the BBC that Japan needed to clarify the status of the SDF or Self-Defence Forces.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

She cradled her weapon and moved swiftly to the Special Forces hootch and followed the others inside.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

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