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is arming
  • present progressive of arm (3rd person singular).

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The UAE denies that it is arming the RSF.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

“It’s like each side is arming itself with bandwidth,” one telecom executive working on the deal said.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2023

Iran has denied that it is arming them, although analysts have traced weapons seized aboard other vessels back to Tehran.

From Washington Times • Jan. 10, 2023

Her boyfriend, Daniil, also 19, had stayed behind to join the Territorial Defense, a new military unit that is arming civilians to help defend cities across Ukraine.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

I tell thee Burgundy is arming, and on the eve of closing an alliance with England.

From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir