Example Sentences

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Seven nations have deployed a total of 17,000 personnel for an annual exercise in the Philippines that has angered Beijing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

“Project Freedom is a defensive operation, and we have deployed anti-ballistic missile destroyers,” he added.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have deployed to airports this week after Trump ordered that move to help with security.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Hamas police officers have deployed again at markets and on the streets of Gaza since the start of the ceasefire.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

The lighthearted ironies she might have deployed among her friends deserted her in his presence, and she heard her own voice become thin when she attempted some docile contradiction.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan