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Recent Examples of armed
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 May 2026
The armed man was shot in the hand, left and and upper abdomen.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 May 2026
Riley Rourke, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
The late Carrie Fisher’s character was sarcastic, politically outspoken, armed, and constantly irritated by the men around her.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 May 2026
The armed man was shot in the hand, left and and upper abdomen.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 May 2026
Verb
The person opened the door armed with a sword and stabbed a Boston Police officer in the arm and knocked the clinician to the ground, according to police.
—Riley Rourke, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
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From the fortified medieval town of Antibes to the glamorous Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, this dreamy peninsula's reputation as a playground for the jet set has been cemented since the early 1900s.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2026
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The weapon remains widely used among NATO members and allied militaries because of its flexibility against tanks, fortified positions, and moving targets.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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An executive might walk into a meeting with an author, producer, potential directors, stars, prepared to discuss potential multi-million dollar deals armed only with Clarke’s synopsis.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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The cost of transparency CalPERS staff prepared a lengthy presentation to convince the board to take a public stance against the bill.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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Then return the arm and leg to the start position while maintaining your braced core, then repeat on the opposite side.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
1 Apr. 2026
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The younger guard left his feet before there was even time to think, his body crashing down onto Brunson’s braced shoulders for a foul call.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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But Shaw remained, feet planted a yard and a half in front of Ouahabi, the West Ham defender assigned the duty of marking Shaw ostensibly having found something better to do than bare witness to this stand-off.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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According to the New York Times, she was assigned to an RC-135 reconnaissance airplane crew.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Despite strong critical support, it was allotted limited showtimes and minimal exhibition backing — a situation its makers came to see as emblematic of wider structural failures confronting Indian indie cinema.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Instead of the 20,000 spots that are usually available for New England Patriots games, the T said only 5,000 spaces will be allotted for fan parking on match days.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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The scam driving the narrative is a live one, featuring the Gowanus Canal, then New York City’s most polluted body of water and ripe for development, a few dozen blocks north of Little Odessa.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Refrigerating ripe bananas can slow further ripening for several days, though the peels may darken quickly.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
18 May 2026
Verb
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The investigation later found the sideline and some other 100-level tickets appeared to be allocated for specialty hospitality packages, priced at up to $6,050 per person.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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Her office has allocated $1 million of discretionary funding to host four large drive-through food distribution events with the food bank as well as a handful of smaller giveaways.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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“Armed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armed. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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