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Last year the PKK announced plans to disband and disarm, following a call from its jailed founder and longtime leader Ocalan.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

A senior Hamas official has told the BBC they have agreed to the Board of Peace's plan to completely disarm in Gaza and that an official statement will be released soon.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Rubio meanwhile said in a statement that the agreement establishes a "clear and structured process" to disarm Hezbollah and its infrastructure, as well as a US-facilitated military working group to help implement the deal.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

But China has for years stopped short of publicly calling on the Kim regime to disarm North Korea’s nuclear arsenal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

She wondered if she could use her power to control the weapons, maybe disarm the ghosts, but she was afraid to try.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

The agreement requires the Lebanese state to take back control of its territory a little at a time as it disarms and dismantles the militant group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

In their first meeting, Austin disarms Craig’s offense by throwing a few extra details and questions into what would otherwise be a brief interaction.

From Salon ● May 12, 2025

"Our approach is to use a particular type of phage that disarms the bacteria. We remove their ability to exchange drug-resistance genes or to move around by breaking off this appendage."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024

“The honesty of it disarms you at every turn.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

She disarms me with this bit of truth.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

On Thursday, German police disarmed an explosive-laden drone discovered near a Ukrainian cargo plane at an airport in the country’s east.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The justice minister praised the "brave people who disarmed the attacker", referring to a group of people who can be seen intervening in a video of the incident circulated online.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

A Syrian immigrant, the owner of a nearby fruit stand, tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen at great personal risk.

From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2025

Any skeptic would find themselves disarmed by her soft smile and twinkling voice, and her tendency to address everyone as “angel.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025

"Well," said the disarmed man, with surprising calm.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Fruit seller Ahmed al Ahmed was hailed as a hero after footage showed him disarming a gunman during the December 14 attack, which killed 15 people at a Jewish festival.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

“It can keep fighting Hezbollah and erode its capabilities, but disarming is part of a much bigger process.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The combination of thematic sincerity and confident visual sophistication makes for a strangely disarming, almost lyrical experience, closer to a poem than a film — a feeling amplified by the movie’s brisk length.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

In any case, every so often, she lets out a laugh that is so mischievous and exalting, or makes a joke that is completely disarming in its self-deprecation, and we all feel like we’ve won.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

The man’s disarming manner was so forthcoming she couldn’t help wondering if he had mistaken them for others.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin