armpit
Example Sentences
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“He lived in Bakersfield, which is the armpit of California,” Hankel says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
In June, the woman first felt what she described as like a "pull" under her armpit.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025
“It really changed the notion that we were the armpit of the region.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025
The white tee doesn’t sit the same way, or inevitably accumulates a yellowish stain in the armpit crease.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2024
I put my armpit up for her, and tell you what.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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