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Recent Examples of guardsman
On the opposite side of the river, in Eagle Pass, a phalanx of Texas guardsmen stood watch with rifles.
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Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
More than a dozen Republican governors, in a show of support for Abbott, had sent their own guardsmen to the border.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
As the dog lazed in the dirt in Shelby Park, one guardsman ruminated about new missions to alleviate the boredom.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
That’s roughly five guardsmen for every mile of border.
—Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
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Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
More than a dozen Republican governors, in a show of support for Abbott, had sent their own guardsmen to the border.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
As the dog lazed in the dirt in Shelby Park, one guardsman ruminated about new missions to alleviate the boredom.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
That’s roughly five guardsmen for every mile of border.
—Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardsman
Noun
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Eight colonial militiamen, also known as minutemen, were killed and others were wounded.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Somali leaders estimated that the battle killed 312 of their militiamen and citizens and injured 814 others.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Perhaps they were rejected earlier under Ohio’s regular unemployment system and didn’t realize a new one is now available for lower-wage workers and people such as free-lancers who report income on IRS 1099 forms.—
Rich Exner,
cleveland,
4 June 2020
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The empire specializes in magic, the kingdom focuses on lancers, while the alliance touts the best archers.—
Gieson Cacho,
The Mercury News,
26 July 2019
Noun
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Eight colonial militiamen, also known as minutemen, were killed and others were wounded.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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But the courts are saying no and are not afraid, showing the spirit of those long-ago minutemen.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Pretzels Foods made with refined grains and sugars have a higher glycemic index (GI), a food's ability to raise blood sugar levels.—
Lauren O'Connor, MS, RDN,
Health,
16 Apr. 2025
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This may be a sign of bleeding in your GI tract.7 Before taking a magnesium supplement, speak with your healthcare provider.—
Alex Yampolsky,
Health,
7 Apr. 2025
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In survival mode, players have to fend off attacks from enemy creatures like zombies, giant spiders, and skeleton archers that come out at night, almost turning it into a horror game.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
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An angry archer took aim at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building early Tuesday, shooting three arrows at a glass door, police said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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And, while Robert E. Lee might have declined to resort to guerrilla warfare, many of his lieutenants carried on a program of suppression by terror.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Ceasefires had been announced this week by the People’s Defense Force, which is the armed wing of the shadow opposition National Unity Government, and the Three Brotherhood Alliance, a trio of ethnic minority guerrilla armies.—
David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Guardsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardsman. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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