national guard

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for national guard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for national guard
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • But as the battalion prepared to depart for England, the clerk of his battery went AWOL.
    Kevin Maurer, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Situated on Route 33 in Manalapan, this state park has preserved the 18th-century landscape of one of the biggest battles of the Revolutionary War, where the Continental Army ambushed the British army along their route from Philadelphia to New York City.
    USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • The phenomenon of illicit mining in Johannesburg and surrounding areas was one of the concerns that prompted the government in March to deploy the army to certain high-risk areas in a yearlong operation to stop violence linked to organized crime.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 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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