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Recent Examples of gendarmerie
Security measures are in place, with police, gendarmerie and army personnel patrolling the area.
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NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
The gendarmerie eventually became the Forces Armées d’Haiti or FADH.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
French authorities have launched a massive emergency response, deploying 1,600 police and gendarmerie officers to assist the population and prevent looting.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Security measures are in place, with police, gendarmerie and army personnel patrolling the area.
—NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
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NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
The gendarmerie eventually became the Forces Armées d’Haiti or FADH.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
French authorities have launched a massive emergency response, deploying 1,600 police and gendarmerie officers to assist the population and prevent looting.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Security measures are in place, with police, gendarmerie and army personnel patrolling the area.
—NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gendarmerie
Noun
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American, British and other Allied soldiers were much more likely to improvise and continue fighting after officers went down.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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When Jordan sealed its border in 2016 after an ISIS attack killed six Jordanian soldiers, most of the Syrian civilians were trapped — unable to move forward or go back through roads controlled by the Syrian regime or even move through a desert laid with land mines.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Moscow is not about to waste vital resources in airpower, weaponry or soldiery on peripheral endeavors such as supporting Assad or the Mullahs.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
1 Dec. 2024
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That includes the activism and the soldiery.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
15 Aug. 2022
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But after the fall of Saigon and Laos 50 years ago, the Hmong were persecuted for allying with the American military and many fled, some of them admitted into the U.S. as legal refugees.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The move, which was announced this week, comes after the Supreme Court granted the Pentagon permission to ban all transgender troops serving in the US military.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
8 Aug. 2025
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The historical drama about Black military women who heroically solved a massive backlog of mail to servicemen during World War II is #2.—
Tom Brueggemann,
IndieWire,
23 Dec. 2024
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These ex-servicemen would need food, sundries, smokes — hundreds of things, and thousands in pension dollars landed in their pockets, right?—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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Eighteenth-century naturalists debated the concept of extinction even as rattlers—like Native Americans—were driven out of existence in many areas via bounties, community-wide kill-a-thons, and militias.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Aug. 2025
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The Chinese Liberation Army and local armed police force and militias have assisted in disaster relief efforts by conducting rescue operations, repairing damaged roads and providing supplies to those in need, per Xinhua.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
30 July 2025
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Detroit could see a high of 91 on Aug. 9, which will feel like 93 degrees, the weather service said.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Two Milwaukee men have been charged in connection to the shooting of an auto shop owner following an argument about service.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Gendarmerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gendarmerie. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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