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Recent Examples of gendarme The resulting bloodshed brings the pair of goofy gendarmes into bewildered action, as the Zero cavalry trots in on short-legged white horses and Jony, Line, Rudy, and the local One leader, Jane (Anamaria Vartolomei), deploy on their respective sides. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025 Some, for example, may overcome their longstanding reluctance to send their own gendarmes to provide civil order in Gaza during reconstruction, as an alternative to taking Palestinians into their own country. Carine Harb, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025 Sadly, the Ferrari’s promising racing career came to a screeching halt when French gendarmes seized the car at the Paris Orly airport parking lot—something about a dispute between Monsieur Fayen and the French tax authorities. Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024 Six people have been killed, including two gendarmes, and hundreds of others injured in New Caledonia amid armed clashes, looting, and arson, raising new questions about Mr. Macron’s handling of France’s colonial legacy. Catherine Gaschka, John Leicester, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for gendarme
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gendarme
Noun
  • The swimmer has a big grin on his face but moments later, a second clip shows the man about to leave the site, before a uniformed policeman stopped his exit.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • And you guys are the policemen out there on the field.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Dean, a high-ranking Black officer at the fire department with nearly four decades of experience, in June threatened to sue the city if he was not allowed to compete for the department’s top job.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • To stop the protestors, security officers started with water cannons, and then resorted to tear gas, according to local media.
    Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Claudette is able to halt the theft about halfway through, unaware that the mystery woman is hiding behind her with a gun, ready to take her out — until the cops enter the room.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Kristen raced to the school and found a cop waiting for her as well as firetrucks and an ambulance, where her son was inside screaming.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a news conference on Tuesday evening, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush confirmed a 59-year-old detective, and a 35-year-old senior constable had been fatally shot, and another detective was seriously injured and being treated in hospital.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • When authorities arrived at the residence, the constable's office said in a statement that Bryan had unsuccessfully attempted to flee out of a window.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Gendarme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gendarme. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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