To use personal pressure to persuade / To use political pressure to gain support

(international law, military) A contested incompatibility that entails the use of armed force between two parties including a territory, the government of a state, or both.

(engineering) The side of a lever that does useful work.

(engineering) The side of a lever on which force is applied.

(obsolete, nautical) To fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering.

A distance approximately equal to the length of a human's arm. / (figuratively) A position not suggesting or inviting intimacy.

(literally) Barely within reach. / (idiomatic) Distant, detached. / (idiomatic) Independent, but related.

(idiomatic) An attractive, seemingly romantic companion who accompanies a person in public simply so that one or both of the individuals can gain attention, enhance social status, or create an impression of sexual appeal.

An injection of a drug into the arm, whether for medical or recreational purposes. / (by extension) A stimulus; a boost in energy, morale, or well-being.

(fencing) The arm in which one's sword is normally held.