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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.
—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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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.—
Natasha Holt,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2026
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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.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Apr. 2026
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Fighting between rebel groups The election comes 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace pact with guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, that had offered hope to break the nation’s vicious cycle of fighting between rebel groups and the government.—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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Many rebel groups are offshoots of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which had been fighting to overthrow the government since the 1960s and had been the country's largest guerrilla organization.—
John Otis,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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Standard white bread is high in carbohydrates, with a glycemic index (GI) of about 90.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
16 June 2026
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In addition to its slower absorption, sourdough has a lower glycemic index (GI) than white bread.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
11 June 2026
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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.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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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.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
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Leaving the tavern, where minutemen had gathered hours earlier to wait for the British military, Revere heard the first gunshots of the American Revolution ring out.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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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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“Militiaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militiaman. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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