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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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Could someone in the hot tub steal a glance at a guest in the sunken conversation pit?—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2026
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The fuel leak occurred when a fuel pit hydrant attached to a fuel system pipeline burst north of Terminal T at Hartsfield-Jackson, the EPA told outlets.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Darnold, still just 28, is back from the abyss and ascending.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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An existentialist peers into the abyss and feels a shiver of possibility, the freedom to be anything.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Armpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armpit. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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