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noun

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Recent Examples of dragoon
Verb
The prospect of a new law that could allow China to dragoon suspects in mainland prisons amplified fears further. Suzanne Sataline, The Atlantic, 21 May 2020 Brundage was a standout quarterback and punter in high school who gave it up to play baseball at Oregon State, then was dragooned onto the 1984 football team when all the regular punters got hurt. Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 Nov. 2019
Noun
What happens with Hermann and the dragoon? Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022 The words were emblazoned beneath an image of the cannon on a battle flag flown at the Battle of Gonzalez where Mexican dragoons skirmished unsuccessfully with the Texian rebels to decide the matter. Myke Cole, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2019 See All Example Sentences for dragoon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dragoon
Verb
  • Indiana led at halftime, 48-47: the Pacers, whose dominant 108-91 victory over OKC in Game 6 on Thursday forced just the seventh Game 7 of an NBA Finals in 38 years, wouldn’t fold.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 23 June 2025
  • Damaging Iran’s nuclear facilities, decapitating its leadership structure, and repeatedly disrupting its enrichment efforts forces Tehran into a permanent state of caution.
    David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Was the unit’s survival due to the men’s indispensable service as Loyalist laborers and cavalrymen?
    Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • These cavalrymen participated in the Third Battle of Winchester, a key victory for the Union.
    Jake Whitney, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • In over 40 instances of strategic bombing from World War I to the first Gulf War in 1991, such barrages, whether concentrated and heavy or light and dispersed, never compelled civilians to take to the streets in any meaningful numbers to oppose their governments.
    Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
  • In a time of scorching divisions, interviewees felt compelled by the call to act with collective spirit.
    Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • In some cases, governments even coerce companies into accepting artificially low prices by threatening to violate their patents and allow other manufacturers to produce copycat drugs.
    Rosa Mendoza, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
  • Geragos has tried to portray Jane as a willing participant in encounters with male escorts and entertainers while Diddy watched, to undermine prosecution claims that she was coerced and trafficked.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • The event kicked off with an opening dance, before the debutantes lined up for a waltz with their fathers, who were then passed onto their cavaliers for dancing with a live band.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Opal is described as a 5-pound red/brown cavapoo — a mix of a King Charles cavalier and a poodle.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024
Verb
  • The Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to oblige the governor’s request.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2025
  • But when Cadence refuses to oblige Harris, the patriarch remains tight-lipped to maintain the family’s shiny reputation, in true Sinclair fashion.
    Alyssa Davis, People.com, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • His Telegram channel, followed by around half a million users, regularly features narrated footage of drones tracking and killing Russian soldiers.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • The biggest revelation in both movies is that throughout the war Lucas had heroin shipped to the U.S. from Vietnam in coffins containing dead soldiers.
    Steve Bloom, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Two years later, Israeli and American cyber warriors introduced Stuxnet, a malicious computer worm that caused thousands of Natanz centrifuges to spin out of control, setting back Iran’s nuclear enrichment.
    Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
  • The movement's emphasis on the Old Testament is significant, Clarkson said, because in it, major figures are warriors.
    Odette Yousef, NPR, 21 June 2025

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“Dragoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dragoon. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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