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Recent Examples of militiaman
With bounty hunters hot on her trail, Sara hires a taciturn stranger named Isaac (Taylor Kitsch) to guide them to safety, which proves elusive in a region where the Army, Native Americans, Mormon militiamen and other settlers are locked in a battle for control.
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
At the very least, going public could make militiamen more suspicious of each other.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
Between August 2018 and June 2020, when the Ebola epidemic was finally declared over, some militiamen and members of the government security forces stoked violence and instability so that the disease would continue to spread and the international aid agencies would continue to pay them.
—Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
When a wagon train of emigrants traveling from Arkansas to California passed through the area, Mormon militiamen surrounded the group and brutally slaughtered more than 100 men, women, and children.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
At the very least, going public could make militiamen more suspicious of each other.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
Between August 2018 and June 2020, when the Ebola epidemic was finally declared over, some militiamen and members of the government security forces stoked violence and instability so that the disease would continue to spread and the international aid agencies would continue to pay them.
—Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
When a wagon train of emigrants traveling from Arkansas to California passed through the area, Mormon militiamen surrounded the group and brutally slaughtered more than 100 men, women, and children.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militiaman
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Walz, himself a 24-year veteran of the National Guard, ultimately summoned more than 7,000 guardsmen to the Twin Cities.—
Lucien Bruggeman,
ABC News,
7 Aug. 2024
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As the dog lazed in the dirt in Shelby Park, one guardsman ruminated about new missions to alleviate the boredom.—
Jack Healy,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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From the minutemen of the Revolution, to the last military defender of the day, bless them.—
Jennifer Johnson,
chicagotribune.com,
12 Nov. 2019
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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
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The singer and the songwriter traversed the frontlines of the urban guerrilla war that had consumed the city of Homs by that point, with one half of the city overtaken by regime soldiers and the other half controlled by rebel groups.—
Jawad Rizkallah,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Polisario’s guerrilla war against the Moroccan occupation clocked some impressive victories until 1991, when the two parties signed a cease-fire pegged to the pledge of a referendum on self-determination.—
Hannah Rae Armstrong,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Mar. 2025
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In the 1950s, the Mackle brothers built distinct but simple homes, many purchased by World War II veterans using GI bill benefits.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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Advising the company is Transformers and GI Joe producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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