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Recent Examples of militarize
Since then, Russia has militarized its economy, prepared for a long war, managed to recruit hordes of soldiers, and produced large stockpiles of equipment.
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Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
Trump, Harris' rival for the White House, has pledged to reinstate his hardline asylum policies, militarize the southern border and launch the largest deportation operation in American history.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
China has pushed out and militarized a lot of the islands and islets in this region over the last 10 years or so.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 26 Apr. 2024
Under the mandate, the Mexico-U.S. border wall would receive extra funding to get completed, and Trump's administration would be urged to militarize the border.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
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Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
Trump, Harris' rival for the White House, has pledged to reinstate his hardline asylum policies, militarize the southern border and launch the largest deportation operation in American history.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
China has pushed out and militarized a lot of the islands and islets in this region over the last 10 years or so.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 26 Apr. 2024
Under the mandate, the Mexico-U.S. border wall would receive extra funding to get completed, and Trump's administration would be urged to militarize the border.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
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China has been calling for other nations armed with nuclear weapons to make the same commitment to no-first-use of nukes.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement But the filmmakers know when to elongate tension elsewhere, as in a deliciously mean-spirited dinner scene in which the Count, armed with his unwitting targets’ secret sins, toys with them, a performance that also betrays an inkling of his cruelty’s perilousness.Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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The ghost can't speak, and can only confirm whether a player has guessed the right person, place, or weapon with a knock.WIRED, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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The products therefore become a good talking point for the sales associates and weapon to help fight the conversion challenge, according to Vuchot.Jennifer Weil, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
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On Tuesday Turkey was reported to be mobilizing military units at the Syrian border, raising fears of an imminent mass offensive against the SDF.Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
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The reinforcement of the Lightning IIs, which are said to be the first and world's only long-range stealth strike fighters designed and built explicitly for U.S. aircraft carrier operations, came after the Chinese military reportedly mobilized 90 ships for a three-day exercise around Taiwan.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Militarize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militarize. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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