arm
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Tumbling oil prices this week gave a brief shot in the arm to the Treasury Department’s latest efforts to lower yields on long-dated U.S. government bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
XPeng’s robotics arm could still reach operating breakeven faster than the EV business did, said Gu, as it can rely on existing manufacturing infrastructure, reducing factory spend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
We studied the choreography, mimicking his strut to the ballroom stage, the hip swivels, the disco arm roll as he sings about getting Brad and Janet a satanic mechanic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Visually, the entire set was stunning, with fast cuts of Nancy Whang pounding on her keyboard, Al Doyle whirring his synthesizer, and Murphy shouting into his microphone, wrapped around his arm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Just before Kik and I started our dash back to the Beje, Pickwick slipped an arm through mine.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“Mother Night! Fold your dark arms about me. Protect me in your black embrace!”
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Noah Brier gets us up to speed on the state of artificial intelligence right now; from the A.I. arms race with China to the probability that we are all doomed.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Her arms today are as colorful as Ruby’s notebooks: a collage of her favorite animals and objects, reproductions of her drawings, flowers in the shape of her handprint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus," her nephew Bryan Seaver said in a video on social media.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Frabwick folded his arms across his huge, furry chest.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The armed forces' statement quoted Chief of the Defence Staff Carl-Johan Edström as saying that Sweden was "facing the most serious security situation since the end of World War Two".
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
One lawyer told the BBC that three armed men approached his vehicle, identified themselves, and instructed him to leave the area.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Several international mediation efforts in eastern DRC, where a myriad of armed groups are active, have failed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Second, to sustain and enhance support for Yemen’s armed forces and coast guard and to continue our counterterrorism cooperation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
She comes armed with a multitude of resilient and formidable souls; they gather around me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
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
But for a ceasefire to hold it would have to be accompanied by an agreement that regional backers stop arming the parties - and that will not be easy to achieve.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Writing on X, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk referenced the decision, saying: "We are arming up together with our friends so that our enemies will never dare to attack us."
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
"If I must part from Your Grace, grant me the honor of arming you for battle."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
