troopers

plural of trooper

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of troopers The gaming property centers on Helldivers, a squad of elite shock troopers who must protect the fictional planet of Super Earth from attacking aliens. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026 The suspect was located in Rawlins, further east down I-80, by Highway Patrol troopers and taken into custody without incident. — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 Seventy-five officers, troopers and deputies are currently searching for the suspect, officials said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026 However, the car was gone by the time troopers arrived at the scene. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026 At a separate Ohio event, an armed assailant charged toward Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Amy Acton during a Sunday stop at the Canfield Fair and injured several people before he was stopped by troopers, authorities said. — Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026 In mid-August, state troopers returned to sweep an encampment once again under Operation SAFE. — Jake Ramsey, Oklahoma Watch, 30 Aug. 2026 And state troopers had booted people off state land weeks earlier. — Maddy Keyes, The Frontier, 28 Aug. 2026 Normally, the Florida Highway Patrol handles crashes on the Overseas Highway, but, according to the incident report, troopers were unable to respond. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troopers
Noun
  • The suspects who remained in Haiti awaiting trial included 17 Colombian soldiers and Joseph Badio, a former Haiti Ministry of Justice employee who was part of an anti-corruption unit.
    — EVENS SANON, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Quiñones did not identify the suspects, but those who remain in Haiti awaiting trial include more than a dozen Colombian soldiers and a former Haitian government official.
    — Evens Sanon, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • No stranger to controversy or criticism, Sweeney, 29, faced the music from Olympic athletes, entertainment icons and millions of keyboard warriors who voiced their opinions of the naked ad.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • By 1789, settlers were paying $30 per scalp of Indigenous warriors.
    — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Troopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troopers. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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