armpit
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Karen Piazza, a 45-year old teacher in Brooklyn, paid $8,100 for the procedure, which left her with a small scar under each armpit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Instead, she found a lump in her armpit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
“He lived in Bakersfield, which is the armpit of California,” Hankel says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
In June, the woman first felt what she described as like a "pull" under her armpit.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
He measured Harry from shoulder to finger, then wrist to elbow, shoulder to floor, knee to armpit and round his head.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
FARGO, N.D.—Oak Reile was delivering a pallet of washer fluid, cigarettes and candy to a local convenience store in 2020 when he slipped and fell, breaking two vertebrae and paralyzing him from the armpits down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
And what most people remember about their performance is that Paula Cole didn’t shave her armpits, resulting in months of fodder for late-night comedians.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
Posting on TikTok, one customer claimed she wanted to "rip my armpits out", while another said her underarms felt like they were "on fire".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
Undeterred, he sends his proteges out to meet women, spraying their armpits with deodorant, declaring: "It's showtime!"
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
But the trash wedged itself under his armpits and the balls of his feet, as if it wanted to be useful one last time before sinking into the silt at the bottom.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
