call to arms

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The authors expose CCP tactics and issue a call to arms for all segments of government and society.

From Washington Times

“Oh, that’s a call to arms right there, shouldn’t have said that on mic. Whoops.”

From Washington Post

That initiative, proposed by Estonia, was a historic departure for the E.U. — known mainly for bureaucracy, not arms shipments — and a literal call to arms.

From Washington Post

Although they most likely never met during their call to arms, both women eventually were arrested and held at the same German prison camps, including the infamous Ravensbrück.

From Washington Post

On Thursday the prime minister’s spokeswoman, Billene Seyoum, told reporters that the government’s call to arms this week, signaling an end to a unilateral cease-fire, meant that Ethiopians are urged to stop the Tigray forces by “all means necessary.”

From Seattle Times