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Recent Examples of disarm Aaron Ashby’s tipping is worth monitoring In trying to disarm the Dodgers’ lineup, the Brewers leaned on their long-standing trust of reliever Aaron Ashby rather than falling into recency bias. Andy McCullough, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025 Many obstacles remain to a lasting peace — including whether Israel will pull its military entirely out of Gaza, whether Hamas will disarm and who will govern Gaza — but the peace plan may already be shifting the debate around calls to ban and boycott culture coming out of Israel. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025 There are a number of ways this process can run aground, first and foremost Hamas’ continued refusal to disarm and demilitarize. Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 Longer-term issues also hang in the balance, including whether Hamas will disarm, who will govern and help rebuild Gaza, and the overarching question of Palestinian statehood, which is central for Palestinians and many countries in the region. NPR, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disarm
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Verb
  • Speaking to Channel 14 on Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war would end once all of the hostage bodies have been returned and Hamas is demilitarized.
    Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Trump holds the cards for success or failure in demilitarizing Gaza and deradicalizing the Palestinians.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The military campaign appeased his far-right coalition partners, who called to expand Israel’s assault on Gaza and dreamed of fully re-occupying the territory.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In the United States right now, many school districts are removing books or limiting access to them, often to appease vocal community members or politicians, or because of fear of punishment under some state laws passed in the last few years.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On Tuesday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek directed U.S. Northern Command to demobilize Oregon’s 200 National Guard troops and return another 200 California National Guard members to their state.
    Daniella Silva, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The order will remain in place until October 18. Kotek has now asked the U.S. Northern Command, in a letter on Tuesday, to demobilize the Oregon National Guard members who are staging in her state.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025

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