in arms
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Adding another layer of complexity, is the onus that places on witness testimony from so-called "brothers in arms".
From BBC • Apr. 8, 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
The rapper’s overhaul of the dwelling saw it reduced to little more than a concrete shell, decimating almost all of Ando’s original design — and leaving design lovers up in arms over its destruction.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
We stumbled forward with our cart, our prisoner, our dying friend in arms.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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