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national guard

noun

Definition of national guard

as in standing army

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Recent Examples of national guard Our national guard members and permanent residents. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences 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
Finland became a full member of NATO in April 2023, adding Finland’s standing army of nearly 280,000 (with a reserve of 900,000) to guard its 830-mile (1,340-km) border with Russia.

— L. Sue Baugh, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026

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Uganda has succeeded in eliminating an outbreak; but Ituri province in north-eastern Congo is unstable, with ongoing conflict and roaming militias.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026
The day before, Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the large Kurdish militia, announced that his Syrian Democratic Forces would be dissolved and integrated into the national army.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026

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An Orange County fire battalion chief has been suspended from his post after he was arrested Friday in a prostitution sting by the Altamonte Springs Police Department, Orange County Fire Rescue confirmed Tuesday.

— Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Originally constructed in the 1860s to house two battalions of the British Army, Chelsea Barracks served as an important military base for more than 140 years before being decommissioned in 2008.

— Nick Scott, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026

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Last week, the army announced criminal investigations into two other high-profile attacks by its troops in Gaza — the 2024 killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family, and the 2025 killing of 15 paramedics.

— Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Ruling against the army doesn’t mean the army will behave any differently.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

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