arming

present participle of arm

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Verb
  • On the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum, Britain is preparing for its seventh prime minister in a decade.
    Gail Krishnan, CNBC, 23 June 2026
  • Latvian intelligence is warning that Russia is preparing possible provocations against the Baltic states or Poland, including drones or any other hybrid attacks, in an effort to pressure NATO countries to stop supporting Ukraine.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Major powers are developing advanced anti-satellite weapons and fortifying their space infrastructure, with Russia and China investing in counterspace capabilities.
    Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • It is primarily tasked with repairing and fortifying the city’s more than 210,000 streetlamps — a frequent target of copper wire thieves — and maintaining its network of electrical vehicle charging stations.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.
    Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Verb
  • Brands are building product pipelines around it, and retailers are allocating more shelf space to high-protein options.
    Louis Biscotti, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • So, allocating more money to speed up vote counting by a few days isn’t very high on the governor’s and legislative leaders’ to-do lists.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • Earlier this month, Piper Sandler also initiated coverage of Take-Two , assigning the stock an overweight rating.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • The media blitz shocked some at City Hall, who believed Crowley should have waited until the emergency was over before publicly assigning blame.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
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“Arming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arming. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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