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While rebel militiamen pinned British troops in innermost Boston, their artillery couldn’t pierce the city’s British strongholds.—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025 Israel launched airstrikes on Syria on Wednesday and threatened to strike government forces there if clashes persisted between pro-government fighters and militiamen from the Druse minority.—Euan Ward, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 When the smoke cleared, eight American militiamen were dead, and the world would never be the same.—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025 Eight colonial militiamen, also known as minutemen, were killed and others were wounded.—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for militiaman
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