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Recent Examples of gendarmerie
After a night at the gendarmerie, he was sent to a nearby prison that was notorious for overcrowding, drug use and suicide.
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Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
In response to the growing threat of internal insurrection, King Boris III’s government deployed the gendarmerie to stamp out the partisan threat.
—Kristen Ghodsee, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2015
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the bodies that investigate misconduct in the police and the gendarmerie had received 10 referrals related to the protests.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
More than 5,000 vehicles were burned, over 1,000 properties damaged or looted, and 250 police stations or gendarmeries attacked in scenes seemingly unmatched since a three-week-long uprising in 2005.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
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Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
In response to the growing threat of internal insurrection, King Boris III’s government deployed the gendarmerie to stamp out the partisan threat.
—Kristen Ghodsee, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2015
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the bodies that investigate misconduct in the police and the gendarmerie had received 10 referrals related to the protests.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
More than 5,000 vehicles were burned, over 1,000 properties damaged or looted, and 250 police stations or gendarmeries attacked in scenes seemingly unmatched since a three-week-long uprising in 2005.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gendarmerie
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It is based on her reporting about the murder by Salvadoran soldiers of more than 1,000 civilian residents of the village of El Mozote in 1981, and the return of survivors years later.Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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Decades after Israeli soldiers raped and killed a Palestinian teenager during a massacre of Bedouins, a woman in Ramallah becomes obsessed with the story and sneaks into Israel to find out more.The Week US, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Moscow is not about to waste vital resources in airpower, weaponry or soldiery on peripheral endeavors such as supporting Assad or the Mullahs.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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That includes the activism and the soldiery.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Aug. 2022
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The chaos could spill into neighboring Lebanon and Iraq, and no amount of military might can fully insulate Israel from the ripple effects of a fractured Syria.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were killed, many of them civilians, and mostly by the Syrian military.Greg Myre, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
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These ex-servicemen would need food, sundries, smokes — hundreds of things, and thousands in pension dollars landed in their pockets, right?Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Remember that the Pentagon is three million servicemen and women and civilians.CBS News, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2024
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Unlike the Biden administration, then, the Trump team may have little regard for the potential blowback from a sustained attempt to erode the capabilities of the Houthis in Yemen and Iraq’s Shiite militias.Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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How Syria rebels' stars aligned for Assad's ouster After 13 years of civil war, Syria's opposition militias sensed an opportunity to loosen President Bashar al-Assad's grip on power.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Tech was joined in the green by top-performing consumer discretionary, which gained 5.85%, and communication services, which rose 4.1% for second place.Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
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The mission marked the 72nd from all launch service providers on the Space Coast in 2024, tying the record set in 2023.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Gendarmerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gendarmerie. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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