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The guardsmen are identified as: 30-year-old Michael Vincent Bray, 30-year-old Perry Wray Woodland, and 36-year-od Deni Lynn Draper.
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James Powel, USA Today, 21 May 2025
One day, while the band was on tour and riots were unfolding across the nation, the band was accosted by guardsmen while stopping for gas in a Michigan town under curfew.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 10 June 2025
But the guardsmen, who all came from the Sacramento area, ended up siding with the strikers, Deverell said, some even leaving their posts to drink lemonade with them.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2025
The 2,000 guardsmen called up for duty is double the number that were assigned by local authorities to respond to much wider protests that erupted throughout Los Angeles in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in 2020.
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
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James Powel, USA Today, 21 May 2025
One day, while the band was on tour and riots were unfolding across the nation, the band was accosted by guardsmen while stopping for gas in a Michigan town under curfew.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 10 June 2025
But the guardsmen, who all came from the Sacramento area, ended up siding with the strikers, Deverell said, some even leaving their posts to drink lemonade with them.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2025
The 2,000 guardsmen called up for duty is double the number that were assigned by local authorities to respond to much wider protests that erupted throughout Los Angeles in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in 2020.
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardsman
Noun
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That summer, Robert Morris—the lawyer who had been organizing Black militiamen in Boston, to no avail—asked Sumner for a favor.—
Zaakir Tameez
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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But then, in late 2011, Iranian militiamen stormed the British embassy in Tehran, briefly holding staff members hostage.—
EDWARD FISHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
4 June 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
Noun
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But gastrointestinal absorption of the drug can be thwarted by GI troubles, which the man had.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 June 2025
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The phone number is run by GI Rights Network, a coalition of non-profit, non-governmental organizations who provide free support to veterans and their families.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Some people may have been scratching their heads when kids started screaming and crying after seeing a pig wearing a crown; With zombie pig men and skeleton archers riding spiders, why would this specific creature elicit such a guttural reaction?—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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At his best, Towns shoots like an archer, drives to the hoop like a rugby bruiser, and glides on his pivot foot, one smooth semicircle after another, like a grade-school protractor with its point puncturing the paper.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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While many former guerrillas like Ms. Suárez have thrived, nearly 500 have been killed, mostly because of their earlier links to the FARC.—
Mie Hoejris Dahl,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 June 2025
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Freddy, a 46-year-old who did not give his last name for fear of reprisals from a cartel, left the Colombian military at age 32 after more than a decade of intense combat fighting leftist guerrillas.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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“Guardsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardsman. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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