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Recent Examples of minuteman
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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Vivian Yee,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
And even where the messages were received, would enough of the minutemen and the militia indeed respond quickly enough?
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Kostya Kennedy,
Time,
16 Feb. 2026
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.
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Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
Eight colonial militiamen, also known as minutemen, were killed and others were wounded.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jennifer Johnson,
chicagotribune.com,
12 Nov. 2019
Vivian Yee,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
And even where the messages were received, would enough of the minutemen and the militia indeed respond quickly enough?
—
Kostya Kennedy,
Time,
16 Feb. 2026
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
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.
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minuteman
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When news of Israel’s secret outposts in Iraq’s desert emerged, Iraqis admonished their leaders as traitors, and the boisterous militiamen affiliated with the government as impostors for allowing their land to be colonized by an enemy.
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Though government troops broke through the RSF’s blockade of Obeid last year, the militiamen are still positioned north, south and east of the city.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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“Minuteman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minuteman. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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