armpit

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A US entertainment website has apologised to the "people of Shotts" and Caitriona Balfe after a misquoting the Outlander actress calling the town "an armpit".

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Symptoms include lumps in chest, breast or armpit, changes in the shape of breast, redness, rashes or texture changes and any pain that does not go away.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 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

“It really changed the notion that we were the armpit of the region.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

When she lifts her arm, I see the corner of a tattoo under her armpit.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth