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disarm

[dis-ahrm] / dɪsˈɑrm /




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“But candidates like Talarico are changing that. His theological acumen and keen ability to use the language of the New Testament to disarm bad-faith religious attacks is showing a new way forward.”

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

Under the Lebanon-Israel framework, Hezbollah is expected to disarm, Israeli forces to withdraw gradually from southern Lebanon and the Lebanese army to deploy across the area.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

"If citizens arm themselves how do you control them at the end of the crisis, how are you able to disarm them?" he asks.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

She didn’t need to decimate them, all she needed to do was disarm them and keep them off balance.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

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

When it plays like a hobbyist’s hidden art project come to peculiar life, it entertains and disarms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2022

She disarms me with this bit of truth.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

Several members of the guard were subsequently disarmed and placed under supervision at military headquarters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

German police recently disarmed an explosive-laden drone discovered near a Ukrainian cargo plane at an airport in eastern Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

In that process, the Irish Republican Army and its allies disarmed more than seven years after the 1998 signing of the Good Friday Agreement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

It has said the campaign will continue until Hezbollah is disarmed.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

If it did, all of the hidden traps I’d disarmed would reset themselves, and the treasure and magic items would reappear.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

It’s a sunny afternoon in the Mexican capital, and the disarming sweetness with which he expresses his thoughts mirrors the band’s vulnerable soundscapes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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

But the music journalist persisted, disarming the musician by presenting him with some guitar picks that had belonged to Cliff Gallup, one of Beck’s early rockabilly heroes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Downstairs, I was greeted by the scent of freshly brewed coffee, a smell as disarming as it was disorienting.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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