in arms
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If talks ultimately resume between Washington and Beijing on AI, experts believe the negotiations would be far more complex than those that resulted in arms control agreements governing nuclear weapons in the Cold War.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
“This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.”
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
But a nation can only sustain 1% of its population in arms at any given time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Farmers across Europe remain unconvinced and are up in arms, including in Spain where they staged a protest against the deal in Madrid earlier this month.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
And past the pyre Akhaia’s captains paraded in review, in arms, clattering chariot teams and infantry.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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