arms race
noun
: a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons
broadly
: an ever escalating race or competition
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Luis Elizondo, a former military intelligence official, described a decades-long international arms race to obtain and reverse-engineer the strange vehicles so governments can bolster their own technology.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Now is the time to curb the outside growing influence of DCTA and Denver Families Action, stop the election arms race and return our school board races to the voters.
—Van Schoales, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
Then, as now, an American leader and a Russian one met to resolve a major foreign policy challenge—in 1986, ending an arms race, and last month, ending the war in Ukraine.
—Celeste A. Wallander, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the arms race has escalated, and other states are now looking to join in.
—Matt Germer, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Now is the time to curb the outside growing influence of DCTA and Denver Families Action, stop the election arms race and return our school board races to the voters.
—Van Schoales, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
Then, as now, an American leader and a Russian one met to resolve a major foreign policy challenge—in 1986, ending an arms race, and last month, ending the war in Ukraine.
—Celeste A. Wallander, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the arms race has escalated, and other states are now looking to join in.
—Matt Germer, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Arms race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arms%20race. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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