arm
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Immigration from the cricket-mad nations of the old British Empire has provided a shot in the arm for many local clubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
He called his survival "a miracle", although he broke his back, shoulder and arm.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The volunteers were divided into two groups: prophylactic arm and therapeutic arm.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Ballard was holding Konsa's arm but you run the risk," added former Arsenal defender Martin Keown.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Reaching over Caesar’s head, I clamp down on his left shoulder and on his right arm.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
While Guardiola was often leaping and screaming around his technical area during games, Maresca looks to be the opposite as he tends to stand motionless by the pitch with his arms folded.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
As the realisation sunk in, the 29-year-old broke into a broad and slightly surprised smile before raising his arms above his head.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Engineers in Russia are using Chinese components to mass-produce inexpensive arms and steal a march on its adversaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The U.S. and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, meanwhile, are struggling to increase production of vital arms such as Patriot interceptors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Spying an empty bus shelter on the opposite side of the street, I sit on the icy metal bench and wrap my arms tight around my calves, rest my forehead on my knees.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
A Paris court awarded the symbolic $1.15 to Kardashian on Tuesday, just weeks shy of the 10th anniversary of the armed robbery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Worried that recursively self-improving AI agents might soon wreak havoc, armed with an artificial general intelligence so powerful that humans can’t stop them?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
More than 60 years later, scientists returned to the area armed with modern sonar and the Deep Sea Camera System provided by the National Geographic Exploration Technology Lab.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The soldiers sent to fight in Russia were from Storm Corps, the elite of the North Korean armed forces.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
There was a heavily armed woman on the cover, screaming.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Assemblage artist Betye Saar, who’s known for arming stereotypical images of mammies with deadly weaponry, and has influenced generations of artists, has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
According to prosecutors, Allen spent his last minutes checking websites that covered Trump's whereabouts, arming himself, and posing for a selfie taken with a cellphone in the mirror of his room.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Instead, Anthropic is letting cybersecurity specialists and engineers in the open-source community work with Mythos to use the model as a defensive weapon "sort of arming them ahead of time," Krieger explained.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Many in Japan retain a suspicion of military authority, and some worry that arming Japan risks making the country more of a target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Miss Wren appointed Bronwyn, the clown, and the folding man to be Caul’s guards, arming them with broken icicles.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
