Example Sentences

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“It would be rash to say I can end impunity alone,” he remarks diplomatically about a conflict in which rival regional powers have been arming and assisting the warring parties.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

Western-allied Sunni Arab leaders in the Gulf have been arming the fighters.

From Reuters • Feb. 20, 2013

And many in the south believe he and his allies have been arming rival ethnic groups in the south to destabilise the region.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2010

These military republics have been for ten years cherishing vast ambitions, and for five years, enriched by the gold mines, they have been arming and preparing for the struggle.

From London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Churchill, Winston

These many months, the French have been arming with their whole might.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 by Carlyle, Thomas