How to Use arms deal in a Sentence

arms deal

noun
  • That Washington agreed to this $23 billion arms deal is no small matter.
    — Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The two countries have nearly finalized their biggest arms deal in 30 years.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Neither leader announced an arms deal after their summit, and may never do so publicly.
    — Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
  • No formal arms deal has been reached, however, according to Moscow.
    — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • American diplomatic officials did not respond to requests for comment about the prospect of the arms deal.
    — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Both Iran and Russia have denied the existence of an arms deal, but the distinctive shape of the drones is hard to overlook.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2023
  • If any specific arms deal was struck, neither Moscow nor Pyongyang was expected to announce it.
    — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Sullivan did not specify what steps the administration might take if North Korea went ahead with an arms deal.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Russia is believed to be interested in an arms deal to refill its slimming supply of arms as its invasion of Ukraine continues.
    — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Kim met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a potential arms deal, though no agreement has yet been signed.
    — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Kim met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a potential arms deal, though no agreement has been signed yet.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Much of this was wishful thinking born of a hangover from the pre-revolutionary days, but what was perhaps most remarkable was that Tehran considered the arms deal at all.
    — Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
  • Read full article Any arms deal with North Korea would violate the sanctions, which Russia supported in the past.
    — Kim Tong-Hyung, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Soon, Jonathan is on the trail of a conspiracy in Colombia, where the British government appears to be involved in an arms deal with Teddy.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • That has fueled growing concerns about an arms deal which sees Pyongyang supply weapons in exchange for economic assistance and technology transfers.
    — Anna Gordon, TIME, 18 June 2024
  • One of the president’s goals for the trip was to conclude a massive arms deal with the Saudi regime, in part to burnish his image as a deal maker, and in part to create jobs in America.
    — William Hartung, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The arms deal became one of South Africa’s biggest political scandals and was clouded in corruption allegations.
    — Gerald Imray, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2024
  • Weeks later, in May, the Administration informed Congress of its plan to approve a new arms deal for Israel worth $1 billion.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • The two leaders, flanked by their top military officials, are set to negotiate a potential arms deal to help resupply Moscow’s military drained by its war in Ukraine.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • These include exporting the Arrow 3 to Germany, Israel’s biggest-ever arms deal, with deliveries expected to begin this year.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Colin Farrell plays Oz’s big soapbox moment like a kabuki version of an undercover midnight drug or arms deal scene from Miami Vice — hamming it up and steely-eyed steaming it up in equal measure.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
  • This week’s talks with Russia will likely cover a potential arms deal for its most advanced fighter, the Su-57, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters Tuesday.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The first is a defense agreement improving military cooperation, including joint basing, an arms deal, Red Sea security, and regional deterrence against Iran.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2025
  • The 2023 revision also paved the way for Japan to jointly develop and sell a sixth-generation fighter jet with Britain and Italy, and for Japan's biggest arms deal ever, which was formalized last week with Australia.
    — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • In May, Riyadh and Washington announced a $142 billion arms deal, part of a wider $600 billion commitment for energy, infrastructure and technology development.
    — Muhammad Darwish, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
  • And the actual story Segal was referencing in The Nation was about how the Israeli government allowed Bulgaria to whitewash their WWII history to secure an arms deal with the country.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 6 May 2026

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