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Recent Examples of armpit
Pretreating Stains Baking soda can be used for pretreating stains, especially stubborn oil and grease stains and armpit stains.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
Toward the end of the show, Sherman projected a PowerPoint video combining real footage and claymation, in which she’s seen in the nude—her bush enormous, her armpit hair kudzu-like, her vulva spread wide, and her labia lips, made of prosthetics, dangling nearly to her feet.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
However, the ultrasound scan of the lump in her armpit was still concerning.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Intertrigo typically occurs in areas with skin folds, such as the armpit region.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
Toward the end of the show, Sherman projected a PowerPoint video combining real footage and claymation, in which she’s seen in the nude—her bush enormous, her armpit hair kudzu-like, her vulva spread wide, and her labia lips, made of prosthetics, dangling nearly to her feet.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
However, the ultrasound scan of the lump in her armpit was still concerning.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Intertrigo typically occurs in areas with skin folds, such as the armpit region.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armpit
Noun
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Amazon’s outdoor furniture section is packed with discounts on everything from egg chairs to small-space-friendly fire pit tables.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Jan. 2026
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Right in the middle of Brooklyn, that part where Gowanus and Carroll Gardens meet, is a log cabin with roaring fire pits out front and split-log patio chairs.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Kafka compared it to descending into the cold abyss of oneself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Within a five-day span last week, the Boston Red Sox went from the abyss to the mountaintop.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Armpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armpit. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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