unarmed

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Recent Examples of unarmed The Air Force last test-launched an unarmed Minuteman III nuclear missile in May. Davis Winkie, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025 Belt-Stubblefield, who was under the influence of alcohol, tossed a gun to the ground and was unarmed when he was shot. Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025 Witnesses positively identified Ascanio as the shooter and say Mercado-Perez was unarmed. Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2025 Assembly Bill 1506, which has been in effect since 2021, calls for the state to investigate all incidents of police shootings that result in the death of an unarmed person. Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unarmed
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Adjective
  • The rise of passive investing In 1975, banker John Bogle founded an investment product that would change the world.
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  • The design features two passive decay heat removal systems.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • And honestly, what could be more feeble?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Their calculations show that a feeble interaction between the inflaton field and elementary particles called gluons would be sufficient to warm up inflation.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Unarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unarmed. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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