militiaman

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Recent Examples of militiaman Approximately 200 Iraqi militiamen crossed into Syria overnight through the strategic Bou Kamal border crossing, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024 Additionally, the musket balls vary in size, which is also evidence that they were made by the colonial militiamen. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024 Amid the offensive, Tigrayan militiamen and other residents killed scores of Amhara residents and seasonal laborers in the town of Mai Kadra. Agnès Callamard, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2022 According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 65 HTS members and 18 allied militiamen were killed, compared to 49 Syrian government forces killed. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for militiaman 
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Noun
  • The children were welcomed to the London residence by palace guardsmen and musical accompaniment from the Band and Bugles of the Rifles Regiment (Camilla is Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment).
    Simon Perry, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Finished in 1642, The Night Watch depicts a group of civic guardsmen—Amsterdam’s 17th-century local police force.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • From the minutemen of the Revolution, to the last military defender of the day, bless them.
    Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Americans may produce films about the Greek city-states’ stand against Persia, but long gone is the minuteman who shared features with his Athenian counterpart.
    Steele Brand, Time, 20 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil came back from exile, and were proposing another kind of fight, which was different from the take-guns-and-fight guerrilla thing of very young people.
    Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • And then its existence becomes guerrilla marketing.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • While other toy companies have struggled financially – Hasbro, the maker of GI Joe, Monopoly, and other toys, recently announced layoffs – Mattel has thrived with toys that include Hot Wheels and Barbie dolls, two of the hottest and most iconic items in retail.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Gut Check Time Although scientists don’t understand the root causes of both GI disorders like irritable bowel disorder and mood disorders like anxiety and depression, more research has been connecting the two.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024

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