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Recent Examples of national guard
Mexico is also sending 10,000 national guard troops to its side of the border as part of an agreement to pause tariffs.
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Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2025
The Ukrainian national guard’s 5th Special Forces Regiment has been firing Javelins at night.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
But there are a number of national guard and other military bases in the area.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
After an initial round of expansion following Russia’s wider invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian ground forces—the army, air assault forces, marine corps, national guard and territorials—could deploy a hundred brigades, each with around 2,000 people.
—David Axe, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2025
The Ukrainian national guard’s 5th Special Forces Regiment has been firing Javelins at night.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
But there are a number of national guard and other military bases in the area.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
After an initial round of expansion following Russia’s wider invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian ground forces—the army, air assault forces, marine corps, national guard and territorials—could deploy a hundred brigades, each with around 2,000 people.
—David Axe, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for national guard
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In these, the enemy is not a standing army but various terrorist organizations and looser categories of hostiles, enmeshed in large civilian populations.—
Colin Jones,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Ukrainian leader also mentioned maintaining the country’s standing army of about one million soldiers and a peacekeeping contingent from European countries, or some combination of these measures.—
Andrew E. Kramer,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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All three main Iranian proxies—Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthi militia—have large quantities of Chinese weapons.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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As Zsa-zsa and Liesl race across the region in their private jet, a radical militia led by a man named Sergio (Richard Ayode) trails them.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
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According to The Moscow Times, Adam has received at least 16 state awards and has served as his father's chief bodyguard and an observer for a rifle battalion under the Russian Defense Ministry since 2023.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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One battalion meets the time requirement some of the time; two others consistently fail to meet it.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
12 May 2025
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At times the mines were also under control of the Wazalendo, a militia allied with the Congolese army.—
David Yusufu Kibingila,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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And while the nearby Financial District’s diminished army of commuters can’t be relied on to keep bars and restaurants afloat, it’s being gradually replaced by a full-time population of residents.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
21 May 2025
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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