arms

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At the start of the show, they told the crowd to cross their arms in a Wakanda Forever pose if they didn’t wish to be touched.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Travolta’s perspective on life and death seems collective, almost optimistic, as if dying is merely a long-haul journey between this existence and the next, with everyone he’s loved and lost waiting there with open arms.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

He dismissed as history the Six Assurances—a 1982 Reagan-era commitment, honored by successive presidents, that the U.S. wouldn’t consult Beijing on arms sales to Taiwan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

“Tech CEOs face a strange environment where they are forced into a massive AI arms race,” according to Muir.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

I told him that when I was little, my favorite thing to draw was my family but I’d often forget to draw their arms.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam