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Recent Examples of gendarmerie
The gendarmerie eventually became the Forces Armées d’Haiti or FADH.
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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
As always, the festival works in tandem with the Cannes mayor, national and municipal police, gendarmerie, civil, maritime and air security, mine-clearing and territorial intelligence services.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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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
As always, the festival works in tandem with the Cannes mayor, national and municipal police, gendarmerie, civil, maritime and air security, mine-clearing and territorial intelligence services.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gendarmerie
Noun
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Integrated blue force tracking allows soldiers to pinpoint the exact positions of teammates, not just as dots on a map, but within buildings or terrain features.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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Local sheriffs and former Confederate soldiers were regularly among their ranks, and their actions helped lay the groundwork for the modern relationship between law enforcement, racial control, and political power in the South.—
Josiah Bates,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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The experience of secession, of war, of industrial slaughter and gallant sacrifice, of Black soldiery and humanity all reforged Lincoln into a stronger alloy.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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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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Across the tech industry, workers have become more outspoken in their criticism of business dealings with the Israeli military.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Israeli military has only withdrawn a few kilometers (miles) from its positions and still retains control over half of the enclave.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday morning, both Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces accused each other of violating the agreement after IDF troops opened fire on Palestinians, killing five.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
14 Oct. 2025
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National Guard troops and police poured into Black neighborhoods under the banner of restoring order, which was a mask for control.—
Josiah Bates,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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The manpower shortages compelled the War Department not only to rethink its policy of barring Black GIs from combat, but to cut back the number of servicemen stationed stateside, retaining only those disqualified for overseas duty by age or physical condition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Russian Defence Ministry said earlier on Sunday that 146 Russian servicemen were returned from Ukraine in exchange for 146 Ukrainian prisoners of war, adding that eight Russian civilians from the Kursk region were also returned.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
24 Aug. 2025
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One casualty was Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi, 28, who had covered the war; he was reportedly shot by a militia and buried the same day his brother Naji was released from an Israeli prison under the exchange deal.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Previously, China relied primarily on its coast guard and maritime militia to press territorial claims with lower risk of triggering armed conflict.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Dreadnought vessels, due to enter service from the early 2030s, are the replacement for the Vanguard-class submarines, which currently deliver the Continuous At Sea Deterrent (CASD) for the Royal Navy.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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More than 70 of its own services were affected.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Katrina Bishop,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Gendarmerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gendarmerie. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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