Arms-raising occasions

• Ironically, some are "civil"
• "Bride ___" (2009 romcom)
• The "W" in V.F.W
• Horrific events
• "Ring out the thousand ___ of old": Tennyson
• Part of V.F.W
• General interests?
• Private engagements?
• End of numerous reality-show titles

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Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase, cytoplasmic is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the WARS gene .