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Recent Examples of militarize
Soldiers in the streets of Washington, the firing of an independent federal official, threats to militarize Chicago—these are not passing headlines.
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Aron Solomon
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Because Iraq’s al-Sistani would not militarize his followers, Iran went mullah shopping and found another more inclined to do so.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
These populist revolts, rooted in white supremacy, fueled the shift in federal policy away from a war on poverty to funding law-and-order legislation that militarized police forces and set the stage for the exponential growth in the U.S. prison population.
—Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities and end elections.
—USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
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Aron Solomon
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Because Iraq’s al-Sistani would not militarize his followers, Iran went mullah shopping and found another more inclined to do so.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
These populist revolts, rooted in white supremacy, fueled the shift in federal policy away from a war on poverty to funding law-and-order legislation that militarized police forces and set the stage for the exponential growth in the U.S. prison population.
—Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities and end elections.
—USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militarize
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While each of these submarines is designed to carry up to 16 nuclear missiles, France only possesses 48 ballistic missiles—enough to arm three submarines, as the remaining vessel is always undergoing routine maintenance, the Nuclear Information Project said.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Gripen fighters have the reputation of being relatively cheap and easy to maintain and arm, and able to operate in austere conditions – using roads or even dirt roads for runways.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Lobbing an anti-satellite, or counter-space, weapon into the same orbital plane as its potential target ties Russia's hands.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
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Saleh said the organization refuses to stand by as Israel ships weapon components to the U.S. to be developed and then used on the people of Gaza.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 June 2025
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Like Obama in 2008, Mamdani has mobilized an army of foot soldiers, putting the social in social movement.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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The Bank also added that a broad package of World Bank Group assistance is ready to be mobilized — combining quick emergency financing, money from a World Bank catastrophe bond, private sector support and other sources.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Militarize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militarize. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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