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According to reports in the Israeli and U.S. media, Zamir has pushed back on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to control Gaza City, raising concerns about the exhaustion of reservists, the safety of hostages and the potential of troops having to govern millions of Palestinians.
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Nbc News, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
The Army has released its own report detailing several lapses in how officials leading Card's unit dealt with the reservist's spiraling mental health.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Israel began the first stages of its attack on Gaza City last week, calling up 50,000 to 60,000 reservists for the operation to occupy the city, according to IDF spokesman Eddie Defrin and an Israeli military official.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
Most of the reservists are not expected to operate in Gaza City.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
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Nbc News, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
The Army has released its own report detailing several lapses in how officials leading Card's unit dealt with the reservist's spiraling mental health.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Israel began the first stages of its attack on Gaza City last week, calling up 50,000 to 60,000 reservists for the operation to occupy the city, according to IDF spokesman Eddie Defrin and an Israeli military official.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
Most of the reservists are not expected to operate in Gaza City.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reservist
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An federal judge in Oregon initially blocked the deployments but an appeals court on Oct. 20 ruled in Trump’s favor, lifting one of the orders preventing the president from calling up 200 Oregon guardsmen to Portland.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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The request came as President Donald Trump deployed guardsmen to Washington, D.C., in August and made other attempts to send them to other cities.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Anyone who doesn’t hold the same nostalgic hankering for veteran actresses holding court with one-woman shows might not be blamed for opting out.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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He was released after a few weeks in jail when filmmaker Jen Gatien pledged her $2 million Manhattan apartment where the combat veteran was living as collateral for a bond.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Nov. 2025
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This is mainly due to their slightly higher glycemic index (GI) than sweet potatoes.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
30 Oct. 2025
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This urgent bathroom break can contribute to GI discomfort.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois,
Health,
29 Oct. 2025
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With 20,000 troops and tens of thousands of allied militiamen, Turkey has controlled significant swathes of territory across five northern Syrian provinces since 2016.—
Kamran Bokhari,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The president led 15,000 federalized militiamen from Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania into the west—though no rebel army materialized to oppose them.—
Time,
Time,
2 July 2025
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The 1986 film also included accounts by former conscripts who had been forced to participate in the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, making clear the hopelessness and brutality of the war, starkly contrasting with the Kremlin’s version of a war of progress and purpose.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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But such streaks of humor and tenderness inevitably give way to the next atrocity, as Hothead conscripts Chicken into her mission to dispatch men.—
Jo Livingstone,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Those guys are important Poles draftees.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Padres bring their top draftees to Petco Park at some point each year.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
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The region was once dominated by slave plantations; during the two World Wars, Yemassee was best known for its train depot, which welcomed marine recruits on their way to basic training.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Police recruits are paid over $28 an hour with a $2,000 bonus at graduation.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Reservist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reservist. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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