disarm
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Last year the PKK announced plans to disband and disarm, following a call from its jailed founder and longtime leader Ocalan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
After months of marathon talks, Hamas has, for the first time, accepted a framework of the Board of Peace's plan to completely disarm in Gaza.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Rubio meanwhile said in a statement that the agreement establishes a "clear and structured process" to disarm Hezbollah and its infrastructure, as well as a US-facilitated military working group to help implement the deal.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
But China has for years stopped short of publicly calling on the Kim regime to disarm North Korea’s nuclear arsenal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
I realized I had been suffering from performance anxiety in the moments before competing and had to learn how to manage these anxieties and disarm some of the triggers.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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The agreement requires the Lebanese state to take back control of its territory a little at a time as it disarms and dismantles the militant group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
In their first meeting, Austin disarms Craig’s offense by throwing a few extra details and questions into what would otherwise be a brief interaction.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
"Our approach is to use a particular type of phage that disarms the bacteria. We remove their ability to exchange drug-resistance genes or to move around by breaking off this appendage."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
“The honesty of it disarms you at every turn.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
She disarms me with this bit of truth.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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On Thursday, German police disarmed an explosive-laden drone discovered near a Ukrainian cargo plane at an airport in the country’s east.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
In that process, the Irish Republican Army and its allies disarmed more than seven years after the 1998 signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Wearing cowboy boots and a handlebar mustache, he had a Texas twang and a quiet, calm presence that disarmed suspects, eliciting confessions.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
It has said the campaign will continue until Hezbollah is disarmed.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
"Well," said the disarmed man, with surprising calm.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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Fruit seller Ahmed al Ahmed was hailed as a hero after footage showed him disarming a gunman during the December 14 attack, which killed 15 people at a Jewish festival.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
But the music journalist persisted, disarming the musician by presenting him with some guitar picks that had belonged to Cliff Gallup, one of Beck’s early rockabilly heroes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
It’s a message crafted with such disarming simplicity that, at first, it reads as obvious, even hackneyed.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
In any case, every so often, she lets out a laugh that is so mischievous and exalting, or makes a joke that is completely disarming in its self-deprecation, and we all feel like we’ve won.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Tyrion turned to Young Griff and gave the lad his most disarming smile.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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