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Recent Examples of garrison
Noun
As noted on the Alamo website, the site fell into disrepair until the U.S. Army took it over in the 1840s as a supply hub, only to be abandoned again with the building of a more permanent military garrison at Fort Sam Houston. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025 The document, seen by CNN, calls for foreign missions to coordinate the relocation of Afghan nationals out of the capital Islamabad and its twin garrison city of Rawalpindi by March 31, 2025. Sophia Saifi, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
In response, the government had garrisoned six regiments of soldiers in the town, in a domestic invasion that became a kind of slow-burning civil war of factory owners, supported by the state, against workers. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2023 The dish is centered around a fort-like construction of Japanese-style honey toast, garrisoned with ice cream, mango, sticky rice, roti bread and a drizzle of this and that. Stuart Melling, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for garrison
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garrison
Verb
  • Last spring, Harvard students protesting Israel's retaliatory attacks on Gaza occupied the university's central courtyard for 20 days and staged a 24-hour sit-in in another building.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The Israeli Defense Forces now claim to occupy some 30% of Gaza territory.
    Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Long ago, the British failed to take the fort, and Francis Scott Key wrote a poem.
    Maya C. Popa, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Ava thanks him for holding down the fort so well in her absence, and finally, peace is restored at Abbott Elementary.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • And while politicians know that there are costs to besieging an independent central bank – financial markets may react negatively or inflation may flare up – short-term control of a powerful policy tool can prove irresistible.
    Ana Carolina Garriga, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The attack prompted many Americans to vent their dislike of the nation’s for-profit health system, and made Mr. Mangione a visible foil for an administration that says radicals are besieging the nation.
    Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The countryside is dotted with ancient fortifications built by the Cathars, a semi-Christian sect that flourished here in the 12th century.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The Japanese then planned to construct a chain of island fortifications across the Pacific that would dissuade a U.S. counteroffensive and force an early settlement on Japanese terms.
    Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Not including last year, students blockaded or occupied the university academic building again at least four more times since then, according to the university’s website.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The Confederate States, blockaded by Union forces, faced severe shortages of critical war materials, including gunpowder.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The guide showcases all the programs and events being offered by the district this summer, including camps, trips and special events like Concerts in Your Park, fireworks shows and outdoor movie nights.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan, came to lead the camp while advocating this view.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But the inclusion of these uninhabited volcanic outposts raised eyebrows.
    Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Few, however, deliver on that promise quite as literally as the new Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing, the brand's second outpost in the Chinese capital.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Miami needed Herro in the fight to combat Cleveland’s shooting, but he was not even involved in most of the action in the fourth quarter.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Since Trump was elected back into office, Hobbs promised to work with his administration on issues such as combating fentanyl trafficking, but has acknowledged the worries some families feel about the immigration crackdown.
    Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Garrison.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garrison. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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