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Recent Examples of armpit
Two others were who had nothing to do with the fight were also hit: A 64-year-old man was shot in the right armpit and abdomen and a 70-year-old woman was shot in her left ankle.
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Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The 23-year-old Hayward man was charged in July with a felony count of assault with a firearm, for allegedly shooting a man in the armpit on June 30.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
In some videos, the boy's arm can be seen covered in small dark spots — purple suction bruises from his wrist to his armpit.
—Camila Bernal, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2025
In her role as a hypnotically charming boss’s wife, Watts catches a whiff of her armpit while pouring a glass of wine.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 31 July 2025
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Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The 23-year-old Hayward man was charged in July with a felony count of assault with a firearm, for allegedly shooting a man in the armpit on June 30.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
In some videos, the boy's arm can be seen covered in small dark spots — purple suction bruises from his wrist to his armpit.
—Camila Bernal, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2025
In her role as a hypnotically charming boss’s wife, Watts catches a whiff of her armpit while pouring a glass of wine.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armpit
Noun
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More David Cannon/Getty Images The Walker Cup pits teams comprised of the top 10 male amateur players from the United States and Great Britain and Ireland against each other.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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Trimeresurus nujiang, also known as the Nujiang green pit-viper, is a new arboreal, or tree-dwelling, snake species known only from the high-altitude evergreen forests that border the canyon in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, according to the study.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 2,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Panthers want to climb out of the NFL abyss in 2025.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Sep. 2025
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Inside China, however, the country often seems to be not taking over the world so much as sinking into an autocratic abyss.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Armpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armpit. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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