in arms

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Those Russians include Chemezov; Arkady Rotenberg, a longtime associate of Putin; and Igor Kesaev, an oligarch involved in arms manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

If talks ultimately resume between Washington and Beijing on AI, experts believe the negotiations would be far more complex than those that resulted in arms control agreements governing nuclear weapons in the Cold War.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

“This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.”

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

"From our country, we are doing everything possible in the search and rescue of these brothers in arms," Diaz-Canel said.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Fitting cuirass and swordbelt to his shoulders, he woke his herdsmen, woke Telemakhos, ordering all in arms.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer