Recent Examples on the WebAfter the military’s failures during the 1973 Yom Kippur War and its 1982 invasion of Lebanon, angry reservists returned from the front to protest and drove Prime Ministers Golda Meir and Menachem Begin to resign.—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024 The few young reservists encountered in Beirut appeared listless and demoralized; some openly cried.—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 Thousands of businesses suffered as reservists abandoned their civilian lives to take up arms, and the country’s economy is shrinking at an alarming rate.—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024 And the retirement age of army reservists has been temporarily extended to boost troop numbers.—The Week Staff, theweek, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for reservist
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