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Photo: Everett Collection Nearly killed in a motorcycle accident, a young woman (adult-film star Marilyn Chambers) receives an experimental surgery that transforms her into a 20th-century Typhoid Mary, unleashing a zombie plague via a pulsing stinger in her armpit.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Other thoughtful design features include the adjustable hood, cinching sleeves, drawcord waist, and armpit vents, which help to keep you dry without overheating.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025
Eventually, the girl wandered into the kitchen and nuzzled against her mother’s armpit.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
One of them, a 16-year-old boy, suffered a gunshot to his right armpit and transported himself to St. Mary Hospital in good condition.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Other thoughtful design features include the adjustable hood, cinching sleeves, drawcord waist, and armpit vents, which help to keep you dry without overheating.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025
Eventually, the girl wandered into the kitchen and nuzzled against her mother’s armpit.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
One of them, a 16-year-old boy, suffered a gunshot to his right armpit and transported himself to St. Mary Hospital in good condition.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armpit
Noun
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Evidence could include jetty and mooring post remnants, ballast stones, boatbuilding pits, temporary shelters, and artifacts indicating local commerce.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 May 2025
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That dynamic pits the department’s higher-ups against its rank-and-file firefighters and EMS workers.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
21 May 2025
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She’s headed back into the abyss and that cycle of suffering and escape and return that’s moved and frustrated viewers across the years.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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Technology was seen as both salvation and abyss, a force capable of transcending human limits, but also one that could eclipse the human altogether.—
Amir Husain,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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“Armpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armpit. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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