armpit
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There are two main types of ICD - one is fitted under the skin, usually near the armpit and acts like a mini defibrillator with wires running under the skin to the chest.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
More surgical options have emerged too, such as smaller incisions in the chest, or a robotic surgery that involves a smaller incision on a person’s side near the armpit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
In June, the woman first felt what she described as like a "pull" under her armpit.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
When Gustave Flaubert saw Antonio Canova’s sculpture “Eros and Psyche” in 1845, he surreptitiously kissed Psyche’s marble armpit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
She flips Penny around and kisses her eyes and tickles her armpit.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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You’re either stuck to a vinyl-clad seat or grabbing up for a handrail and trying to direct your face away from the armpits to your left and right.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
FARGO, N.D.—Oak Reile was delivering a pallet of washer fluid, cigarettes and candy to a local convenience store in 2020 when he slipped and fell, breaking two vertebrae and paralyzing him from the armpits down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
And what most people remember about their performance is that Paula Cole didn’t shave her armpits, resulting in months of fodder for late-night comedians.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
Undeterred, he sends his proteges out to meet women, spraying their armpits with deodorant, declaring: "It's showtime!"
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
The armpits of his Cuban-style shirt were stained yellow.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm