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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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Some civilians joined volunteer battalions or were drafted to join the military, while others contributed in different ways, from intelligence gathering and crowd-sourcing funding to food and medical distribution networks and critical infrastructure repair.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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Patterson, a former Charlotte Fire Department battalion chief, had a pending, seven-year-old lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against the city until the week before his wife, Estella Patterson, became chief of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in October.—
Julia Coin
June 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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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
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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 16 Jun. 2026.
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