Likely
Both words in one sentence
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Heavy infantry will need to move under constant arrow fire to bring ladders, rams, and siege towers to the walls, and then storm the walls where enemy defenders, likely including their own heavy infantry, will likely be standing and ready to chop apart the first wave to get atop the walls.
Source: We Have Reserves - As the creature remarks to a human guarding him, it knows that the humanity isn't ready for the answers, and that it's likely to wreak havoc (it's quite noticeable by the end - both researchers and politicians are asking The Sack instead of thinking, and in the latter case, it's Scry vs. Scry).
Source: The World Is Not Ready - This is someone who has likely dealt with considerable prejudice given her race and gender, yet is ready to dismiss West simply because he's a man.
Source: Broken Aesop / Live-Action TV
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