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arsenal

[ahr-suh-nl, ahrs-nuhl] / ˈɑr sə nl, ˈɑrs nəl /


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"North Korea's belief that independently advancing its nuclear arsenal, regardless of changes in US administrations or political parties, was the right and strategically sound decision will be further reinforced," Lim said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

“The challenge for the mayor has always been that she or he is only given basically half of the arsenal to fight homelessness,” Guerra said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The more consequential question is "whether Washington would begin negotiating on the operational assumption that North Korea's arsenal is not going to disappear," Vladimir Tikhonov, Korean Studies professor at the University of Oslo, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

His jab will be sharp, but what makes him so dangerous is that he has more than just a big right hand in his arsenal.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

But they are unprepared, and Beetee, apparently anticipating he would not hold on to control, has an arsenal of five- to ten-second clips to work with.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

A third of Americans have guns; mny of them have small arsenals in their homes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

France, China, Pakistan, India and North Korea — and all of them are expanding and upgrading their nuclear arsenals, which now number approximately 12,187 warheads.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Will the services be able to restock their arsenals of missiles and munitions, much of which have been given to Ukraine?

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

He cited depleted arsenals because of the wars in Iran and Ukraine as the reason.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

From French arsenals and other sources Beaumarchais got more than 200 cannon, 25,000 guns, 200,000 pounds of powder, about 20 brass mortars, and shoes, clothing, and tents for 25,000 men.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen


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