minuteman

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Recent Examples of minuteman 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
Noun
  • Israel launched airstrikes on Syria on Wednesday and threatened to strike government forces there if clashes persisted between pro-government fighters and militiamen from the Druse minority.
    Euan Ward, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • When the smoke cleared, eight American militiamen were dead, and the world would never be the same.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The governor then shook Trump’s hand again in a nearby plane hangar before the pair addressed a group of roughly 250 guardsmen.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 29 Apr. 2025
  • In that case, a Black guardsman was seeking promotions dating back to 2017 with the 169th Cyber Protection Team based in Baltimore.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW Beetle and enacted progressive reforms that carried his reputation well beyond South America, has died aged 89.
    Reuters, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
  • Yet many details remain unclear about what happens to PKK weapons and fighters who have known nothing but guerrilla warfare all their lives.
    Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The patient will drink a solution that microbes in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract metabolize.
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 16 May 2025
  • Thankfully not cancer—just GI issues and lifestyle changes.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025

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“Minuteman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minuteman. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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