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the soldiers keep their small arms securely in their holsters when not on patrol
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Another pair of small arms — possibly belonging to Prince Archie — can be seen off to the side, holding a piece of cake.
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
There will be moments, in any month’s pause, where small arms clashes, or drone strikes, prove impossible to attribute to either side as the aggressor: where AI-manipulation, or faked accounts, or entirely fictitious incidents, fill the information space.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Based on the West’s response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its relatively small arms provisions during the run-up to the war in 2022, Moscow might reasonably have assumed that the United States and Europe would not provide major support for Ukraine, or at least not in time.
—Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2023
Rund then became engaged to Doug Rund, the brother of her late husband Greg Rund, who died in Fallujah from small arms fire, according to media reports.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
There will be moments, in any month’s pause, where small arms clashes, or drone strikes, prove impossible to attribute to either side as the aggressor: where AI-manipulation, or faked accounts, or entirely fictitious incidents, fill the information space.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Based on the West’s response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its relatively small arms provisions during the run-up to the war in 2022, Moscow might reasonably have assumed that the United States and Europe would not provide major support for Ukraine, or at least not in time.
—Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2023
Rund then became engaged to Doug Rund, the brother of her late husband Greg Rund, who died in Fallujah from small arms fire, according to media reports.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Small arm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20arm. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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