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Recent Examples of militiaman
These militiamen from Virginia came to clear houses.
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Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
Behind them are hundreds of thousands of Basij militiamen, who have proved ready to kill demonstrators.
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Trudy Rubin,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
The Marquis de Morès was the first leader in the West to emerge on the political stage as a populist, an antisemite, and (though the word did not yet exist) a fascist militiaman, all at once.
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Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
The Kataib militiamen tried to come up with solutions for their vulnerability, but their countermeasures were laughable.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
Behind them are hundreds of thousands of Basij militiamen, who have proved ready to kill demonstrators.
—
Trudy Rubin,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
The Marquis de Morès was the first leader in the West to emerge on the political stage as a populist, an antisemite, and (though the word did not yet exist) a fascist militiaman, all at once.
—
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
The Kataib militiamen tried to come up with solutions for their vulnerability, but their countermeasures were laughable.
—
Elizabeth Tsurkov,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militiaman
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Gathered were troopers, agents from ICE and U.S. Border Patrol, deputies on specialty teams from the Broward Sheriff's Office, officers with Florida’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, and guardsmen with the Florida State Guard.
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The guardsmen were initially deployed in D.C. in mid-August 2025 when Trump declared a crime emergency in the capital.
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As part of this shift, Cuban officers are opting to train soldiers in guerrilla tactics rather than conventional warfare — a strategic departure corroborated by Cancian that is also evident in the footage.
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Cepeda has participated in and continued throughout the campaign to promote negotiations with guerrillas and cartels.
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One way researchers estimate how foods affect blood sugar is by using the glycemic index (GI).
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Uco Valley has several geographical designations of origin (GI).
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Drone warfare has become the deadliest threat to civilians in Sudan 's conflict and both the military and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are being supplied by a number of countries in the Middle East and beyond, experts say.
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Among them was the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, creating a power vacuum largely filled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a powerful paramilitary, political and economic group.
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Read more Today, a memorial to that battle stands near Concord’s Old North Bridge, showing a nameless minuteman dropping his plow and picking up a musket.
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And even where the messages were received, would enough of the minutemen and the militia indeed respond quickly enough?
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“Militiaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militiaman. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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