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Recent Examples of national guard
Trump’s also signed an order to send national guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee.
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The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Trump pledged to repeal the Act and deploy the national guard as an occupying police force in Chicago.
—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
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The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Trump pledged to repeal the Act and deploy the national guard as an occupying police force in Chicago.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for national guard
Noun
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The southeastern Choctaws alone possessed a military force ten times as large as the United States' standing army.—
Caleb Pomeroy,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Dec. 2025
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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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In any case, any attempt at regime change could provoke violent resistance from the army and a plethora of militias invested in the status quo.—
Comfort Ero,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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Stretching across 3,000 square miles near the borders with Rwanda and Uganda, the reserve includes territory controlled by the M23 militia.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Some deputy chiefs and battalion chiefs protested the move, but Courser stood firm.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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His cousin, the late Ed Brand, was a battalion chief for the Oak Lawn Fire Department.—
Janice Neumann,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
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America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers … but baseball has marked the time.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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According to sources, confronting the unit directly would require the simultaneous deployment of at least four army brigades.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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