the Marines

noun

: the part of a country's military forces that includes soldiers who serve on a ship or are closely associated with a naval force : the U.S. Marine Corps or the British Royal Marines

Examples of the Marines in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But in the 2024 fiscal year, which ended in September, more than a month before Mr. Trump’s election, the Army, the Air Force and the Marines all exceeded their recruitment goals, though the Navy fell short by about 12 percent. —Jamie Leventhal, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025

Based on Buzz Bissinger’s New York Times bestseller The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II, the film is set after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when four of America’s top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines. —Justin Kroll, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025

Lockwood joined the Marines and served in Iraq, in 2018, before becoming a lineman for Carolina Power, per the outlet. —Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025

Aguilera, who enlisted in March 2023, was promoted to lance corporal in May 2024, according to the Marines statement. —Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025

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