See up in arms on Wiktionary
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"text": "Lan[caster]. My lord, will you take armes against the king?\nBish[op]. What neede I, God himselfe is vp in armes,\nWhen violence is offered to the church.",
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"ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 5, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book 18, page 301:",
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"ref": "2003 September 28, David Diamond, “The Way We Live Now: 9-28-03: Questions for Linus Torvalds; The Sharer”, in The New York Times Magazine:",
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"ref": "2023 March 24, Nathan J. Robinson, “The Problem With AI Is the Problem With Capitalism”, in Jacobin:",
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