disarm
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She implemented wry wit like a tactical defense, a trusty tool in her arsenal that could disarm an opponent and defuse tricky conversations.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Zaidi has also ordered them to disarm and put their members under state control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Rubio meanwhile said in a statement that the agreement establishes a "clear and structured process" to disarm Hezbollah and its infrastructure, as well as a US-facilitated military working group to help implement the deal.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
It has said a ceasefire is necessary in order for its forces to disarm Hezbollah themselves, but Israel has previously accused the government in Beirut of lacking the ability to do so.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
How had she let him disarm her that easily?
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
He has grown increasingly frustrated with the Sudanese military, which refuses to engage in a peace process unless the RSF disarms and withdraws from the territory it has occupied.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
This momentarily disarms Vytas and Marija, but afterward we see them sobbing quietly in separate rooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Our approach is to use a particular type of phage that disarms the bacteria. We remove their ability to exchange drug-resistance genes or to move around by breaking off this appendage."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
When it plays like a hobbyist’s hidden art project come to peculiar life, it entertains and disarms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
She disarms me with this bit of truth.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
On Thursday, German police disarmed an explosive-laden drone discovered near a Ukrainian cargo plane at an airport in the country’s east.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Wearing cowboy boots and a handlebar mustache, he had a Texas twang and a quiet, calm presence that disarmed suspects, eliciting confessions.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
It has said the campaign will continue until Hezbollah is disarmed.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
Any skeptic would find themselves disarmed by her soft smile and twinkling voice, and her tendency to address everyone as “angel.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
By now, the Brazen Beasts should have disarmed Steelskin.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
A man who was hailed a hero for disarming one of the Bondi Beach shooters in December has had assault charges against him dropped by police.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Fruit seller Ahmed al Ahmed was hailed as a hero after footage showed him disarming a gunman during the December 14 attack, which killed 15 people at a Jewish festival.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Seemingly to discredit the precedent, she argues the Court is too quick to dismiss the idea that the Bruen history test should include post-Civil War Southern laws disarming blacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The combination of thematic sincerity and confident visual sophistication makes for a strangely disarming, almost lyrical experience, closer to a poem than a film — a feeling amplified by the movie’s brisk length.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
With the curious, disarming friendliness that he always managed to put into the gesture, he resettled his spectacles on his nose.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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