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Recent Examples of gendarmerie
Meanwhile, the government did put forth some security sector reforms, including the creation of a rural paramilitary gendarmerie force.
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Ralph H. Espach, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2014
But the driver sensed something wrong and brought him to the gendarmerie police.
—Nancy Ing, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
After a night at the gendarmerie, he was sent to a nearby prison that was notorious for overcrowding, drug use and suicide.
—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
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Ralph H. Espach, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2014
But the driver sensed something wrong and brought him to the gendarmerie police.
—Nancy Ing, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
After a night at the gendarmerie, he was sent to a nearby prison that was notorious for overcrowding, drug use and suicide.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gendarmerie
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On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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When Jordan sealed its border in 2016 after an ISIS attack killed six Jordanian soldiers, most of the Syrian civilians were trapped — unable to move forward or go back through roads controlled by the Syrian regime or even move through a desert laid with land mines.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
24 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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However, a 2020 study found that only up to 8,000 transgender people served on active duty in the U.S. military.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza blamed the Israeli military, which denied targeting the compound.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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The historical drama about Black military women who heroically solved a massive backlog of mail to servicemen during World War II is #2.—
Tom Brueggemann,
IndieWire,
23 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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Henry proposed resolutions on the need for defense, in part by establishing a militia in Virginia.—
Cassandra Good,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Amid a new round of clashes between U.S. forces and Iraqi militias following the outbreak of the war in Gaza in October 2023, Biden reached a deal with Baghdad in September to begin pulling troops out of the country between September 2025 and September 2026.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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The results can help guide decisions on whether to invest in more powerful hardware, cloud provider service levels, or tweak configurations to better meet machine learning demands.—
Dave Altavilla,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The service journalism teams at The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer want to hear from you.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Gendarmerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gendarmerie. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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