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Recent Examples of standing army
The southeastern Choctaws alone possessed a military force ten times as large as the United States' standing army.
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Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
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
This really is the key technology to make an upper stage rapidly reusable—NASA's space shuttle orbiters were reusable but required a standing army to refurbish the vehicle between flights.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Americans have long been suspicious about the idea of having a large standing army.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 13 June 2025
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Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
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
This really is the key technology to make an upper stage rapidly reusable—NASA's space shuttle orbiters were reusable but required a standing army to refurbish the vehicle between flights.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Americans have long been suspicious about the idea of having a large standing army.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standing army
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The conflict escalated further, resulting in 25 national guard members being killed in separate attacks following the cartel leader’s killing.—
Jordan Parker
Aviation,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Feb. 2026
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The next day, Colmenarez joined the protestors again in the streets around the government’s election office, but were pushed back by national guard officers firing tear gas canisters.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Iran had been building that capacity in Iraq since the 1980s, cultivating Shia political networks, exile parties and militia groups during and after the Iran-Iraq War and beyond with the explicit goal of ensuring a post-Saddam Iraq would never again threaten Iranian security.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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Pro-Iranian Iraqi militias have claimed responsibility.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Standing army.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standing%20army. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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