legionnaire

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Recent Examples of legionnaire Luca Matias, a legionnaire, is destined to carry on his family’s name, and maintain their hold over the Forum, after his uncle dies. Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024 Style: Sun hats for babies come in a variety of styles, including bonnets, buckets, and legionnaire. Casey Clark, Parents, 23 May 2024 At the Crimea pavilion, throngs of visitors pose with men dressed as Roman legionnaires next to a video boasting about the bridge connecting the peninsula, which was illegally annexed in 2014, to the Russian mainland. Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024 In 2022, an outbreak of legionnaires' disease in New York City's Bronx borough left one dead and 18 sick. Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for legionnaire
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Noun
  • Unlike earlier immigration marches this week, the No Kings protests are organized to counter the June 14 military parade in D.C., which includes tanks, military vehicles and thousands of soldiers.
    Bethany Wales, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2025
  • The last section includes 250 new recruits or soldiers who are reenlisting.
    Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Harness the Power of Blue Carbon Mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes are all nature’s climate warriors and their restoration is essential for our survival.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
  • Before borders, before enslavement and colonizers, before history books tried to tell our story for us—there were kings, queens, warriors, and visionaries ruling across the African continent.
    Essence, Essence, 3 June 2025

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“Legionnaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legionnaire. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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