disarm
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Zaidi, who took office in May, has vowed to disarm them and bring all weapons under state control following the coalition's exit.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told AFP in an exclusive interview he wants to reach a security agreement with Israel once it withdraws from the south, and is determined to disarm Hezbollah without resorting to confrontation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Under the Lebanon-Israel framework, Hezbollah is expected to disarm, Israeli forces to withdraw gradually from southern Lebanon and the Lebanese army to deploy across the area.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
She implemented wry wit like a tactical defense, a trusty tool in her arsenal that could disarm an opponent and defuse tricky conversations.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
The defeated countries had been required to disarm.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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He has grown increasingly frustrated with the Sudanese military, which refuses to engage in a peace process unless the RSF disarms and withdraws from the territory it has occupied.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
This momentarily disarms Vytas and Marija, but afterward we see them sobbing quietly in separate rooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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
She disarms me with this bit of truth.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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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
The U.S. had hoped finding a solution for the Rafah fighters could also serve as a model for how Hamas could be peacefully disarmed, the Arab officials and a U.S. official said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
Any skeptic would find themselves disarmed by her soft smile and twinkling voice, and her tendency to address everyone as “angel.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
"Well," said the disarmed man, with surprising calm.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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She was a disarming contradiction: manufactured and utterly sincere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
A man who was hailed a hero for disarming one of the Bondi Beach shooters in December has had assault charges against him dropped by police.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
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
It’s a message crafted with such disarming simplicity that, at first, it reads as obvious, even hackneyed.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
I knew I should grin and say, “Why no—it’s just nature,” or some other disarming remark to avoid provoking him.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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