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Adjective
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Both Russia and the U.S. regularly conduct unarmed tests of their nuclear missiles.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025 -
And then there's the case of Breonna Taylor, an unarmed woman killed by police who were serving a no-knock search warrant in Louisville, Kentucky around midnight on March 13, 2020.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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Download apps only from the Google Play Store: Avoid third-party stores, which are more likely to host unsafe apps.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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In April 2023, she was pulled over as a juvenile for a traffic violation involving an unsafe vehicle, but the case was dismissed by the court.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
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“Preyed (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preyed%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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