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a person engaged in military service
a moving Memorial Day service honoring our fallen troopers
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Recent Examples of troopers
Then immigration officers, who are often following the state troopers or riding with them, interrogate the driver and passengers, according to Vecindarios 901, an immigration rapid-response organization that has witnessed dozens of stops.
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Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
The state has also demanded that highway troopers, fish and wildlife officers, and university police work with ICE.
—Mary Ellen Klas, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
The Commonwealth has argued that Penton and three other troopers acted negligently in overseeing the boxing program, leading to Delgado-Garcia’s death.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission suspended all four troopers after the charges were announced in February.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said Hague hitchhiked to Anchorage the day after he was interviewed by troopers.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
The moniker references the 1965 event where Alabama state troopers brutally attacked more than 600 marchers, with Lewis among the leaders, mobilizing for civil rights.
—Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The majority of those arrests are made by Florida Highway Patrol troopers.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
New Jersey State Police troopers rescued a young bear cub found alone along Interstate 78 on Wednesday afternoon.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
The state has also demanded that highway troopers, fish and wildlife officers, and university police work with ICE.
—Mary Ellen Klas, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
The Commonwealth has argued that Penton and three other troopers acted negligently in overseeing the boxing program, leading to Delgado-Garcia’s death.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission suspended all four troopers after the charges were announced in February.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said Hague hitchhiked to Anchorage the day after he was interviewed by troopers.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
The moniker references the 1965 event where Alabama state troopers brutally attacked more than 600 marchers, with Lewis among the leaders, mobilizing for civil rights.
—Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The majority of those arrests are made by Florida Highway Patrol troopers.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
New Jersey State Police troopers rescued a young bear cub found alone along Interstate 78 on Wednesday afternoon.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troopers
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Prisoners exchanged Russia's Defense Ministry said that a prisoner swap Saturday brought home 175 of its soldiers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Another work from this era, Veterans Day (2016), features a flow of musical notes that surround a framed newspaper article about the conviction of Muhammad Ali for refusing to fight in the American war in Vietnam and an old photograph of soldiers raising their fists.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Mortal Kombat 2 will focus on the Mortal Kombat tournament, the big battle in which warriors from different realms face off against one another in a fight to the bloody finish.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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The theology in such conflicts usually masks more primal power struggles and still tends to make the wars and warriors more fanatical and bloodthirsty.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Troopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troopers. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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