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Recent Examples of guardsman
White House sources confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the 800-odd guardsmen activated to support the D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department would be deployed Tuesday for at least 30 days as part of Trump’s invocation of the Home Rule Act.
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Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
That’s five times more guardsmen than Abbott deployed during the 2020 protests.
—Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The two adults and an 8-year-old child were located aboard a life raft at approximately 7 a.m. by the guardsmen of the Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
The appeals court ruled that Trump can keep control of the guardsmen while legal proceedings in the case continue to play out.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
That’s five times more guardsmen than Abbott deployed during the 2020 protests.
—Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The two adults and an 8-year-old child were located aboard a life raft at approximately 7 a.m. by the guardsmen of the Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
The appeals court ruled that Trump can keep control of the guardsmen while legal proceedings in the case continue to play out.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardsman
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With 20,000 troops and tens of thousands of allied militiamen, Turkey has controlled significant swathes of territory across five northern Syrian provinces since 2016.—
Kamran Bokhari,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The president led 15,000 federalized militiamen from Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania into the west—though no rebel army materialized to oppose them.—
Time,
Time,
2 July 2025
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And while the lone spearman's attack may have been futile at the time, the tactic has been since been vindicated by history.—
David Grossman,
Popular Mechanics,
14 Jan. 2019
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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
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There is of course some truth to those who would emphasize the revolutionary nature of the minutemen and soldiers of George Washington's Continental Army.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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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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Call centers on the VA’s GI Bill and National Cemetery Applicant Assistance hotlines will be closed.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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The 24-hour Veterans Crisis Line would still work and VA hospitals would remain open, but other services would halt temporarily, including the GI Bill Hotline, VA benefits regional offices and some others.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
27 Sep. 2025
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Standing tall in individual cases are a kneeling archer, a standing archer, an armored warrior, a high-ranking officer and a young attendant.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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The archers were amazed at how strong the bow was for its size.—
Clare Conley,
Outdoor Life,
18 Sep. 2025
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Two months later, the group launched more than two dozen attacks across northeastern Syria, relying on a combination of guerrilla tactics, including small arms fire, ambushes, assassinations, and improvised explosive devices targeting military checkpoints and government vehicles.—
Caroline Rose,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Sep. 2025
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In response, Findikoglu staged her own guerrilla fashion show outside the show’s entrance, which certainly generated a lot of headlines.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Guardsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardsman. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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