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Recent Examples of rear guardThe north was expected to be America’s rear guard, a place where values like democracy and women’s rights might have taken hold.—Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024 And assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024 General Fran Sigel was assigned as rear guard for forces moving through town.—Randy McCrory, Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2023 The beefier, more robust rear guards would’ve cost an additional $127 each, according to industry estimates.—A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023 Striking then racing away as the Russian rear guard struggles to catch up.—David Axe, Forbes, 3 May 2023 The capelin rear guard, sensing danger, rose off the bottom in a great fleeing cloud.—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 Indeed, Dnipropetrovsk has been a key rear guard for the Ukrainian military and National Guard.—Taras Kuzio, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2015
South Carolina has put prisoners to death by by firing squad twice in 2025.
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Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Sep. 2025
Utah hasn't used a firing squad since 2010, though South Carolina began using the method for the first time this year and has executed two inmates that way.
Mop-up and patrol will continue where appropriate to secure and strengthen containment.
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CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Ford dropped it from the Explorer’s retail lineup, but continues to offer it in police vehicles, which benefit from its ability to power AC and other accessories without running the engine when parked, as patrol vehicles often spend lots of time doing.
Last month, a photograph captured by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellites showed what is now a fully functional military outpost.
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Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Likewise, the parks have long offered premium dining packages with special seating for nighttime entertainment but one Disney outpost recently took that model one step further.
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