unarmed

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Recent Examples of unarmed On March 18, 2018, Stephon Clark became one of dozens of unarmed Black Americans who have been killed by police. Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 20 Mar. 2025 Set in the long shadow of the 1870 Marias Massacre — in which U.S. troops murdered some 200 unarmed members of the Blackfeet tribe — Jones' novel presents a northern Plains haunted by its brutal history … and by literal vampires. Colin Dwyer, NPR, 18 Mar. 2025 Throughout 2019, cases of officers killing unarmed Black people dominated headlines; the harrowing trend would unfortunately follow us into 2020. Keydra Manns, Essence, 11 Mar. 2025 One video published on social media shows gunmen nonchalantly shooting unarmed men crawling on the ground in a village in Latakia province. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unarmed

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“Unarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unarmed. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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