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Recent Examples of national guard
The next step, then, is though the governor — the sheriff to the governor and the emergency OES at the state — that the national guard be deployed.
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Tom Tapp, Deadline, 10 June 2025
In Minnesota, more than 500 members of the state’s national guard were sent to St. Paul, Minneapolis, and surrounding communities because of the increase in demonstrations in the area, officials said at the time.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
In Acapulco on Wednesday, there was a strong presence of the national guard and police in the streets, but most visible were trucks from the national power company.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 June 2025
And a Republican governor called in the national guard.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 June 2025
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Tom Tapp, Deadline, 10 June 2025
In Minnesota, more than 500 members of the state’s national guard were sent to St. Paul, Minneapolis, and surrounding communities because of the increase in demonstrations in the area, officials said at the time.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
In Acapulco on Wednesday, there was a strong presence of the national guard and police in the streets, but most visible were trucks from the national power company.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 June 2025
And a Republican governor called in the national guard.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for national guard
Noun
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Taiwan's armed forces have an active-duty strength of just over 150,000, compared with China's standing army of over 2 million soldiers.—
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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Nearly 170,000 active-duty troops are stationed abroad, a number larger than the entire standing army of many countries, including Canada.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
Noun
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The amphitheater holding Christ’s holy militia looks like a gigantic rose.—
Mary Jo Bang
July 9,
Literary Hub,
9 July 2025
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Two months later, on June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress founded the Continental Army, replacing the militia with an official fighting force with Washington as its leader.—
Lisa Gutierrez
July 3,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2025
Noun
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Five engines, two trucks, one squad, three ambulances, and three battalion chiefs assisted in fighting the fire.—
Pioneer Press,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Two battalion chiefs were killed, and one engineer was injured in the attack.—
Corina Vanek,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
Noun
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With an army of 222 million followers, his social voice and willingness to traffic in objectionable content or conspiracy theories proved a major hurdle to advertisers.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
9 July 2025
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Russia’s bigger army also is trying hard to break through at some points along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620 miles) front line, where Ukrainian forces are severely stretched.—
Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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