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Recent Examples of national guard
Trump’s also signed an order to send national guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee.
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The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Trump pledged to repeal the Act and deploy the national guard as an occupying police force in Chicago.
—Rebecca Wallace, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Trump pledged to repeal the Act and deploy the national guard as an occupying police force in Chicago.
—Rebecca Wallace, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for national guard
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The southeastern Choctaws alone possessed a military force ten times as large as the United States' standing army.—
Caleb Pomeroy,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Dec. 2025
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Schiff specifically mentioned the declaration’s protestation against the British use of standing armies in American colonial cities, indirectly referring to ICE officers and National Guard troops deployed in American cities to enforce Trump’s immigration agenda.—
Gabrielle M. Etzel,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Oct. 2025
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Gunfire echoed through Tehran Tuesday as heavily armed militias were deployed across the Iranian capital, transforming some districts into fortified zones under intense security.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Over the weekend, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militias, drove Kurdish forces out of large swaths of northeastern Syria that the SDF had controlled for more than a decade.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
20 Jan. 2026
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Some deputy chiefs and battalion chiefs protested the move, but Courser stood firm.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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His cousin, the late Ed Brand, was a battalion chief for the Oak Lawn Fire Department.—
Janice Neumann,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
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The European Union’s defense commissioner raised the prospect of a 100-thousand strong European army in a January speech, an idea previously dismissed as unworkable and political unacceptable in the bloc.—
Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
22 Jan. 2026
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The attack occurred in Zamfara state on Monday, army spokesman David Adewusi said in a statement on Tuesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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