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He had equipped his family’s ocean-view house with a firefighting system, installing a pipe from the water main to his rooftop.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said this week that U.S. forces had equipped a base in Qatar “to be able to conduct over-the-horizon strikes” in Afghanistan.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2021

He did know that nothing in his years of training and experience had equipped him to deal with climate change.

From Scientific American • Apr. 19, 2021

Connolly said his past role as a prison officer had equipped him to recognise when people were being bullied.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2020

His whole training and experience had fitted him admirably for the place and had equipped him with the capacity to make of his office something more than had any of his predecessors.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin