arm's length
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AMERICA’S distinctive advantage was always the liberal side of the rule of law: specifically, the types of rules that secure private property, punish anticompetitive conduct and hold the state at arm’s length from the firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
"It appears the driver was at least at arm's length from his horse," Alexander Kemp, a vice president of the union, Transport Workers Union Local 100, said in a statement to local media.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Roosevelt disliked Woodruff and kept him at arm’s length, although he did allow Pinchot to hire Woodruff at the Agriculture Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
The moon, appearing about the size of a bowling ball at arm’s length to the crew, hung in the nothingness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
We stand arm’s length apart cuz her silence still bothers me.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
