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Recent Examples of national guard
The deployment appeared to be the first time in decades that a state’s national guard was activated without a request from its governor, a significant escalation against those who have sought to hinder the administration’s mass deportation efforts.
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Olga R. Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Curry enlists cops, firemen, the city’s former director of communications, reporters, national guard members, first responders, and dozens of residents to walk viewers through exactly what happened.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
Mayor Muriel Bowser sought to reassure residents, saying that while violent crime remains a problem in the city, the national guard deployment was unnecessary.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
In December 2024, the Defense Department said there were 4,240 trans troops diagnosed with gender dysphoria on active duty out of two million active duty, national guard, and reserve service members, according to The Guardian.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 8 Aug. 2025
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Olga R. Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Curry enlists cops, firemen, the city’s former director of communications, reporters, national guard members, first responders, and dozens of residents to walk viewers through exactly what happened.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
Mayor Muriel Bowser sought to reassure residents, saying that while violent crime remains a problem in the city, the national guard deployment was unnecessary.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
In December 2024, the Defense Department said there were 4,240 trans troops diagnosed with gender dysphoria on active duty out of two million active duty, national guard, and reserve service members, according to The Guardian.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for national guard
Noun
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This really is the key technology to make an upper stage rapidly reusable—NASA's space shuttle orbiters were reusable but required a standing army to refurbish the vehicle between flights.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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Update on Population 'Emergency' Russian and Chinese Naval Fleet Sails Near US Ally Some analysts have pointed to the role technology could play to reduce the streamline the modern standing armies.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Clashes between Bedouin tribes, Druze militias and government forces in Suweida led to hundreds of deaths and drew in Israeli military intervention — to protect Syria's Druze minority.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Then rumors started spreading about armed brigands that would come to town to steal what little harvest folks had left, so towns raised militias to fight back.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The promo confirms that Burke’s battalion chief Vince died in the memory care building fire where he, along with his wife, Cal Fire Division Chief Sharon (Diane Farr), and his father, retired battalion chief Walter Leone (Jeff Fahey), were trapped with the roof collapsing on them.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2025
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Vince's loss appears to have sent ripples throughout the community and left Station 42 looking for a new battalion chief — a job Bode believes is his for the taking.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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Raft companies and shuttle services ferried searchers overland to and from the trailhead, and area chefs and restaurants donated breakfast, lunch, and dinner to feed an all-volunteer civilian army.—
Ted Katauskas,
Outside,
23 Sep. 2025
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Investigators connected the methamphetamine to the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, which has been described as a billion-dollar organization that has its own army and controls extensive drug routes throughout the United States.—
Kevin Grasha,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Sep. 2025
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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