arming

Example Sentences

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The center increased its security and began arming its security after the mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

According to prosecutors, Allen spent his last minutes checking websites that covered Trump's whereabouts, arming himself, and posing for a selfie taken with a cellphone in the mirror of his room.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

North Korea also recently carried out missile tests from the naval Choe Hyon destroyer, claiming the country was in the process of "arming the Navy with nuclear weapons".

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

"It was difficult, mastering the landscape, arming, training," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

"Wouldn't be worth the bother of arming myself. This is a tourna-ment of gnats."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin