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arm

[ahrm] / Ι‘rm /






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Hopefully when his right arm tightens up, he’ll step out of the box.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Riyadh on Thursday accused Iran of encouraging the escalation, saying it continued to arm and train the group.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The deal does not include ITV's production arm, ITV Studios, which makes popular programmes such as Love Island and I'm a Celebrity...

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Average loans and leases jumped 13.5% to $278.6 billion in the global wealth and investment management business, while in the consumer banking arm, average loans and leases inched up 0.2% to $321 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Rhys puts his arm around me, pulling me close, but despite being outside, the air around us feels thick and tight, almost claustrophobic.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Tau’s pivot from robot arms to full-fledged humanoids reflects a broader shift in the robotics landscape.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Ohtani turned to the Dodgers’ dugout, spread his arms wide and tossed his bat to the side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

In VisionQuest, she is instead given a high-tech backpack equipped with robotic arms.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Rather than relying primarily on massive jaws, megaraptorans had relatively narrow skulls, powerful arms, and huge curved claws that helped them seize their prey.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

"There are no arms, just the sails going with the wind."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

"We never imagined they were armed," said one of the people interviewed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Police also declined to identify the armed bystander, saying he hadn’t given them permission to name him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

About the size of a large tiger and armed with enormous curved claws, the animal roamed what is now Britain approximately 120 million years ago.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

"If they're going to launch these operations, they're going to have to be prepared to accept casualties of members of the armed forces," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Meanwhile, planes emblazoned with the red sun and armed with missiles soar overhead.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

According to Ms. Manning, his “expertise involved keeping soldier morale high, mainly by arming them with reading material—magazines, books, and comics.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Moscow has also massively deepened military and economic ties with Iran, despite US President Donald Trump warning both Moscow and Beijing against arming the Islamic republic.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

American drone operators lack experience fixing and arming drones under fire, said the person present at the exercise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Now turn the clock back to 27 February, as American and Israeli forces were preparing to strike, arming their aircraft, briefing their crews and programming targets for their missiles.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Then, arming myself with a bicycle lamp, which cast a surprisingly good beam, I went in search of a path by which I could descend to the village.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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