arm
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To his mother’s delight, he decided he wanted to be a doctor at age 4, after envisioning the doctor who treated his broken arm in Jersey City Hospital as “an angel.”
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Lillard was in physical therapy, occupational therapy and water therapy, trying to retain as much strength as she could, ultimately regaining partial use of her left arm and use of her legs.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“I got my arm back, and my brother.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Part of it — the arm that supports biology and chemistry research — will close.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“Remember,” Sarah R. said, giving his arm a pat.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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“By the time of the founding, the right to have arms had become fundamental for English subjects,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Fan-edited montages of the pair embracing, giggling and jumping into each other's arms are all over social media.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The significance became even clearer during Starship's fifth integrated flight test, when the returning Super Heavy booster was successfully caught in mid air by the giant mechanical arms of the launch tower.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
A growing sense of fatigue with the artificial intelligence trade and the related arms race is prompting one strategist to advise that investors stick with the so-called picks and shovels rather than the spenders.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
He threw his arms out to catch himself, knocking the monocle from his eye.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Bradley has just been taking part in an ambush exercise, where he and his team are instructed to rescue a hostage in a forest and usher her to safety while fending off armed enemies.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
And Iran’s armed forces couldn’t prevent the destruction of most of its conventional military power, as well as of its civilian leadership and supreme leader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
US congressman Ro Khanna says he was detained for 90 minutes by armed Israeli settlers during a visit to the occupied West Bank.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Burnham's path to Downing Street, however, looked increasingly assured late Wednesday after former armed forces minister Al Carns ruled himself out of the running.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
The line of police parted, and the Governor stepped out in front of them, flanked by the armed guards of his estate.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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Some AI-safety campaigners—many of whom already worry that AI systems will escape human control and turn on their creators—argue that arming AI would only accelerate the danger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Now turn the clock back to 27 February, as American and Israeli forces were preparing to strike, arming their aircraft, briefing their crews and programming targets for their missiles.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The center increased its security and began arming its security after the mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
According to prosecutors, Allen spent his last minutes checking websites that covered Trump's whereabouts, arming himself, and posing for a selfie taken with a cellphone in the mirror of his room.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
But the idea that someone might be arming the Seam would never have been allowed.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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