armpit

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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

On one video call, Chantelle says, Paloma said she had a new lump in her armpit, and her mother had told her it meant that the cancer was going out of her body.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 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

And its location in the armpit of the 605 and 210 freeways made it easily accessible from anywhere in the Southland.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

Layla pressed the tip of the thermometer to his armpit and held his arm down.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake