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Recent Examples of minuteman
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.
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
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
Eight colonial militiamen, also known as minutemen, were killed and others were wounded.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
But the courts are saying no and are not afraid, showing the spirit of those long-ago minutemen.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
The steeple of Old North Church, where hung the lights that warned the minutemen, was built with the proceeds of enslaved labor.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
From the minutemen of the Revolution, to the last military defender of the day, bless them.
—Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2019
Americans may produce films about the Greek city-states’ stand against Persia, but long gone is the minuteman who shared features with his Athenian counterpart.
—Steele Brand, Time, 20 Sep. 2019
The minutemen hold the ceremony two Saturdays before Patriots Day each year, opening the season of Revolutionary War reenactment events around the region, according to Jeannette Pothier, 75, of Bedford, who is sergeant quartermaster for the company.
—Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2018
Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
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
Eight colonial militiamen, also known as minutemen, were killed and others were wounded.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
But the courts are saying no and are not afraid, showing the spirit of those long-ago minutemen.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
The steeple of Old North Church, where hung the lights that warned the minutemen, was built with the proceeds of enslaved labor.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
From the minutemen of the Revolution, to the last military defender of the day, bless them.
—Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2019
Americans may produce films about the Greek city-states’ stand against Persia, but long gone is the minuteman who shared features with his Athenian counterpart.
—Steele Brand, Time, 20 Sep. 2019
The minutemen hold the ceremony two Saturdays before Patriots Day each year, opening the season of Revolutionary War reenactment events around the region, according to Jeannette Pothier, 75, of Bedford, who is sergeant quartermaster for the company.
—Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minuteman
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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,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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Reinforcements arrived: 200 Virginia militiamen and 100 British regulars.—
Christopher Magra,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2026
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It was taken inside the Lafitte Hotel on Bourbon Street, at the center of the French Quarter, after a guardsman used the bathroom on Sunday night.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The move comes after two West Virginia guardsmen were shot near the White House in November.—
Steven Beynon,
ABC News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Then, in late 2016, the Colombian government signed a historic peace deal with the Marxist revolutionary guerilla group FARC.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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It was initially applied to criminal cartels such as Bolivia’s Santa Cruz before being extended to ideological guerrilla movements such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (FARC) and Peru’s Sendero Luminoso.—
Evandro Cruz Silva,
The Dial,
10 Feb. 2026
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In other words, if your body is working hard to break down a meal before bed, Sarkar points out that food and subsequent digestion can lead to gut motility (food moving through the GI tract) and insulin secretion—both of which can mess with your sleep.—
Julia Sullivan,
Outside,
24 Feb. 2026
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Steel-cut oats also have a low glycemic index (GI), which measures how quickly a food raises blood sugar.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Minuteman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minuteman. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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