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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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That war triggered Israel’s devastating destruction of the Gaza Strip and sequential destruction of Iran’s militia proxies, most notably Hezbollah in Lebanon, whose devastating defeat last September-October empowered Islamist rebels to overthrow Bashar al-Assad in Syria in December.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Iran has also for years militarily and financially supported regional militia groups, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthi rebels in Yemen and Hamas in Gaza, that have pressured or attacked Israel on multiple fronts.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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A day after, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the battalion from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms.—
Ethan Wolin,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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Like the National Guard battalion in a Title 10 status, these Marines will protect federal functions, personnel, and property, which includes accompanying federal personnel on missions.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Russia on Sunday launched its largest drone attack against Ukraine, firing 472 drones at an army training site, killing at least 12 soldiers.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Our results challenge a growing idea that hydrogen will be the 'Swiss army knife of decarbonization' and suggest that the opportunities for hydrogen may be narrower than previously thought.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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