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Recent Examples of standing army
Bombing campaigns could significantly destroy military and civilian infrastructure in Iran but to replace the Iranian regime, President Trump has to be prepared to fight not just a standing army but a system with decades of experience in asymmetric warfare.
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Narges Bajoghli, Time, 19 June 2025
And in terms of personnel, China has a standing army of more than two million soldiers—nearly 12 times as many as Taiwan.
—Michael A. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2023
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
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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Narges Bajoghli, Time, 19 June 2025
And in terms of personnel, China has a standing army of more than two million soldiers—nearly 12 times as many as Taiwan.
—Michael A. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2023
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standing army
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Police and national guards take measures as thousands of anti-ICE protesters are gathered outside of the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California on June 9, 2025 amid protests over immigration raids.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
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The Trump Administration's unlawful efforts to force federalized national guard forces and the U.S. military to patrol our streets is deeply alarming and cannot go unchecked.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Eighteenth-century naturalists debated the concept of extinction even as rattlers—like Native Americans—were driven out of existence in many areas via bounties, community-wide kill-a-thons, and militias.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Aug. 2025
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The Chinese Liberation Army and local armed police force and militias have assisted in disaster relief efforts by conducting rescue operations, repairing damaged roads and providing supplies to those in need, per Xinhua.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
30 July 2025
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“Standing army.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standing%20army. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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