in arms
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She says she "has to come" because if she didn't, the regulars who come back every year would be "up in arms".
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Brandy Melville’s young customers are up in arms over the new policy—but still shopping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Trump also told reporters he hasn’t decided on whether he will support a bipartisan bill in Congress for $14 billion in arms to Taiwan, adding he would decide “over the next fairly short period.”
From Barron's ● May 15, 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
The fact that his people were already in arms and the still more ominous fact that the Rutulian Army had encamped before his gates were too much for King Latinus.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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