disarm
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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
The parliament elected Joseph Aoun as president, and the U.S. hailed the opportunity for the government to assert its sovereignty and disarm the militant group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
But the Clement filing is genuinely consequential, and not just because it might disarm Carr’s primary regulatory weapon if it survives judicial review.
From Salon ● May 13, 2026
But their chief of staff, Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, has said his objective is to disarm Hezbollah, and that what was needed now above all was "persistence and patience".
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
The defeated countries had been required to disarm.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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The agreement requires the Lebanese state to take back control of its territory a little at a time as it disarms and dismantles the militant group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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
“They want to be inspired. This film disarms people, because it is entertaining. It is funny. It’s dramatic.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Statham ... remains unflappable, which is why he charms as he disarms with his patented deadpanning and action moves.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2023
She disarms me with this bit of truth.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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It has said the campaign will continue until Hezbollah is disarmed.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
A Syrian immigrant, the owner of a nearby fruit stand, tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen at great personal risk.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2025
Previously we cited Ahmed al-Ahmed, the Muslim passerby who disarmed a terrorist for a time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
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 gave his rifle to an officer who had been disarmed in the fight and escaped with Amaranta through a nearby street to take her home.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The seminal pop-punk album, full of romantic innocence and disarming humor, foreshadowed the rise of new wave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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
It’s a message crafted with such disarming simplicity that, at first, it reads as obvious, even hackneyed.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
In any case, every so often, she lets out a laugh that is so mischievous and exalting, or makes a joke that is completely disarming in its self-deprecation, and we all feel like we’ve won.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
When the rage had passed and he had come to himself he would show a most disarming penitence and agree humbly to any punishment it was proposed to inflict on him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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