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Recent Examples of unarmed
Prosecutors say the robbery took between six and seven minutes, and the robbers were unarmed but threatened guards with the angle grinders.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Four perpetrators appear to have been involved in the theft, who were unarmed, but threatened the guards with the angle grinders, Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said.
—Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Under the law, unarmed combatants held in military custody are allowed to protest their detention in court.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025
Lorincz then fired a single shot through the locked door, killing Owens, who was unarmed and accompanied by her 10-year-old son.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Four perpetrators appear to have been involved in the theft, who were unarmed, but threatened the guards with the angle grinders, Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said.
—Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Under the law, unarmed combatants held in military custody are allowed to protest their detention in court.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025
Lorincz then fired a single shot through the locked door, killing Owens, who was unarmed and accompanied by her 10-year-old son.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unarmed
Adjective
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Active news consumers were much more likely to be politically engaged, while passive news consumers were much more likely to be disengaged or moderately engaged in politics.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Its bilayer design features an active layer that changes shape and color and a passive layer that provides stiffness and optical transparency.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With themes of resilience, victory, and joy as a healing balm, Joy in the Belly of a Riot is a beautiful manifestation of how poetry has the power to heal and help one overcome pain.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Without getting into spoilers, her one-and-done appearance in Episode 5 presents the perfect opportunity for the more-than-capable Meester to match wits with Bell’s judgmental Joanna, only to strand the actor with boring, obvious jokes and saddle her with a feeble resolution.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
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The feeble light from the fire wasn’t much help.—
Bill Shaber,
Outdoor Life,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Unarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unarmed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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