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Recent Examples of national guard
Staff have been directed to develop clear protocols for alerting the public of ICE activity or a national guard presence within city limits.
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Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
Andrea Tsuchiya, a state national guard public affairs officer, said in a statement.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026
Invoking the law would give Trump the power to deploy military or national guard troops to suppress the demonstrations.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Advertisement The Army Secretary position is often seen as unglamorous, overseeing the budget and management of the over one million Armymen, national guard, and reserve soldiers.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
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Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
Andrea Tsuchiya, a state national guard public affairs officer, said in a statement.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026
Invoking the law would give Trump the power to deploy military or national guard troops to suppress the demonstrations.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Advertisement The Army Secretary position is often seen as unglamorous, overseeing the budget and management of the over one million Armymen, national guard, and reserve soldiers.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for national guard
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Many Americans feared and distrusted the idea of a standing army into the first half of the nineteenth century.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
25 May 2026
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The Framers warned us about the dangers of a standing army in a democratic republic and its potential misuse in domestic affairs.—
Angus King,
Time,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Hezbollah of 2026 might not be as strong as the Hezbollah of 2020, but the Lebanese militia movement remains Iran’s most important nonstate asset in the region.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
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Haykal’s visit comes as Lebanon’s government takes an increasingly hard line on Hezbollah but remains unable to disarm the powerful militia.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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But as the battalion prepared to depart for England, the clerk of his battery went AWOL.—
Kevin Maurer,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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Last month's memo also led to the cancellation of a deployment to Germany of a battalion trained in firing long-range rockets and missiles.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 June 2026
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After the warning, the Lebanese army deployed to the Christian district of Tyre in an effort to prevent Israeli attacks there and to show that Hezbollah has no armed presence in the area.—
Kareem Chehayeb,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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They were worn down mile by mile, cold by cold, delay by delay until the army that existed at the end bore no resemblance to the one that had set out.—
Darshak Sanghavi,
STAT,
3 June 2026
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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