disarm
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Speaking to AFP, Aoun struck a conciliatory tone in his remarks on Hezbollah and the push to disarm it.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
The negotiations also cover a framework agreed in mid-June, under which Hezbollah is expected to disarm, the Lebanese army to deploy in the south and Israeli forces to withdraw gradually, beginning with designated "pilot zones".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
“President Trump and his team think they can get Hamas to disarm and demilitarize Gaza,” he said in a video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
It asks the saints to help them and to disarm any weapon raised against them.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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
“The honesty of it disarms you at every turn.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
She disarms me with this bit of truth.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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
Even if the regime doesn’t fall, it will be leaderless, impoverished, isolated, besieged, mostly disarmed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
More than 800 fighters from those two groups have been disarmed since July, according to the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSCA.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
He had his hand out and was smiling broadly, and in fact, from that very first moment, he completely disarmed me.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
She was a disarming contradiction: manufactured and utterly sincere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
These sorts of surprises bloom from the center of Olivia Wilde’s latest directorial effort, “The Invite,” a chamber comedy that’s equal parts droll and disarming.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Crooks scowled, but Lennie’s disarming smile defeated him.
From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
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