Recent Examples on the WebToday in history On this day in 1775, the American Revolution began as British troops and colonial militiamen collided in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024 Congress added Afghanistan to the list after the administration repatriated a former Afghan militiaman in 2022, with the help of Qatar.—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 21 May 2024 Vali Nasr, a professor at Johns Hopkins, told me the Iranian authorities were convinced that armed militiamen from Komala, not civilian protesters, had taken over the town.—Azadeh Moaveni, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023 When the group finally finds Jessie, she is being held at gunpoint with another journalist in an open field by a small cadre of militiamen who have been dumping dead bodies from a truck into a crude mass grave.—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for militiaman
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