arm
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A friend grabbed his arm and pulled him out.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Each had one arm around the other as friends and teammates do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
He called his survival "a miracle", although he broke his back, shoulder and arm.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Glass Imaging had raised about $30 million in funding from investors including GV, Alphabet’s venture arm, and the investment firm Insight Partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I swing one arm, trying to feel for Belle.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Congress has previously questioned arms deals with Riyadh after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
This evolving and now possibly accelerating arms race in space should come as no surprise.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Some of the exiles arrested by U.S. agents in recent months had been welcomed with open arms by the U.S. government just three years ago under a novel deal negotiated by the State Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
None of us asked to be in this AI arms race.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
She laughs, then makes a beeline for the lawn in front of the stage, the blanket grasped tight in her arms as she runs to find a spot near the front.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Space Force, the service of the armed forces that deals with this topic, has defined space control as efforts to “destroy, disrupt, or degrade” vital assets in outer space.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The French presidency said the aim of the Paris talks was to review a Lebanese armed forces deployment plan based on a "clear, credible and realistic" framework.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Kim Kardashian was awarded 1 euro in damages for being the target of an armed heist in 2016 at the Hôtel de Pourtalès in Paris, where she was robbed of millions in jewelry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Lithuania's armed forces and Italian pilots serving in the Nato Air Defence Mission "showed a swift and responsible response" to the drone incursion, Lithuania's Ministry of Defence said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The more accurate term for Smith’s armed force was militia.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Sathit, a shop-owner with more than 40 guns in his collection, cited the weakness of law enforcement in Thailand as his reason for arming himself.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
By arming her mammies with revolvers, rifles and bullets, Saar turned a symbol of servility into one of militancy and power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Some AI-safety campaigners—many of whom already worry that AI systems will escape human control and turn on their creators—argue that arming AI would only accelerate the danger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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
As the European nations chose up sides, they were busily arming themselves.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
