Definitions
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- verb arm anew
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Examples
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Rep. Tom Reed R-N.Y. in conference committee negotiations: "I hear an excuse as to why not to do it, rather than the fundamental philosophy of trying to re-arm people with an education so that when they go into the workforce, they have an additional tool to be re-employed."
HUFFPOST HILL - Washington Unsure About Corruption, Sure About If And When You Can Get Pregnant Eliot Nelson 2012
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Simply put, the Nazis wanted to end the Depression and re-arm the country for war and their policies accomplished these aims.
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Upgrade Russia plans to spend $730 billion by 2020 to upgrade and re-arm its military.
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The question is will Joe (must re-arm Georgia) Biden have as much influence in the Obama Administration as Dick**** Cheney had in the Bush Administration?
Slaughter “A Product of Circumstance” « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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Iran has also increased the flow of weapons to Iraqi militants, with the Qods Force even crossing into Iraq to re-arm its surrogates.
Obama's Iraq Abdication Marisa Cochrane Sullivan 2011
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Upgrade Russia plans to spend $730 billion by 2020 to upgrade and re-arm its military.
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We are troubled that the U.S. leadership has sent advance-shipments of bombs to re-arm Israel and encouraged Israel to take due time to bomb Hezbollah despite the disproportionate impact on the Lebanese people and landscape.
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There are so many parallels between Afghanistan and Vietnam, including a corrupt and inept government, a guerilla war in which the enemy is supported by a significant percentage of the population, and the availability of a cross-border safe haven for the bad guys to rest, recuperate and re-arm.
Pentagon officials: Obama to announce strategy 'early next week' 2009
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Syria has helped to re-arm Hezbollah in Lebanon with thousands of rockets that it will launch toward Israel when Iran requests it.
The Syrian Revolt 2011
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Since the late 1930s, Neville Chamberlain has had a bad press as the man whose misjudgment of Hitler and hesitation to re-arm hastened the outbreak of World War II.
Five Best: The Beginnings Of World War II Richard Overy 2011
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