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Recent Examples of national guard
Trump pledged to repeal the Act and deploy the national guard as an occupying police force in Chicago.
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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
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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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
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
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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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The language was as much about controlling standing armies as gun ownership.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
4 Oct. 2025
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So did laws and court rulings that followed — barring Black men from the militia, barring Black adults from juries, barring Black children from learning alongside white children in public schools, and barring racial intermarriage.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Civilians fleeing the area and satellite imagery suggest the militia carried out mass killings of those who remained.—
Abigail Williams,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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The city of Charlotte settled a longstanding racial discrimination suit filed by a former fire department battalion chief last week — just days before announcing his wife would lead the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.—
Amber Gaudet,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Nov. 2025
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Petula says there are stories about a mythical cat that stalks the woods near the battlefields at night, and tales of entire battalions of Confederate soldier ghosts roaming the military park.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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Haydar was prisoner 13077 at Abu Ghraib, one of those photographed by the American army prison guards in various positions of agony.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Players could control a huge cast of classic characters from the franchise in a toybox mash-up of different eras, wiping out armies of bad guys at a clip.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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