armpit
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Instead, she found a lump in her armpit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
A US entertainment website has apologised to the "people of Shotts" and Caitriona Balfe after a misquoting the Outlander actress calling the town "an armpit".
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
“He lived in Bakersfield, which is the armpit of California,” Hankel says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Mr Dalton explained that he held the golf club under his armpit and used his body to swing.
From BBC ● May 31, 2025
Layla pressed the tip of the thermometer to his armpit and held his arm down.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
You’re either stuck to a vinyl-clad seat or grabbing up for a handrail and trying to direct your face away from the armpits to your left and right.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
While walking a catwalk he plunged through a pair of broken slats and was left hanging by his armpits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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
Undeterred, he sends his proteges out to meet women, spraying their armpits with deodorant, declaring: "It's showtime!"
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
Natalie slipped her arms under Tía’s armpits, but she’d only managed to get her neighbor’s head above water before the next wave hit, pushing them all into the front wall again.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
