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The situation was so dire late this summer that commanders in Kyiv had no choice but to send most of the national guard’s seven offensive brigades, including the Kara Dag brigade, to the front.
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David Axe, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Fifteen states activated national guard units, keeping them on standby and ready to respond to potential violence from rioters and extremist groups.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
Between them, the army, air assault forces, marine corps, territorials and national guard have formed scores of new brigades, each with up to 2,000 troops and hundreds of vehicles.
—David Axe, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The national guard belongs to Ukraine’s interior ministry, not the military—and normally handles internal security tasks.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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David Axe, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Fifteen states activated national guard units, keeping them on standby and ready to respond to potential violence from rioters and extremist groups.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
Between them, the army, air assault forces, marine corps, territorials and national guard have formed scores of new brigades, each with up to 2,000 troops and hundreds of vehicles.
—David Axe, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The national guard belongs to Ukraine’s interior ministry, not the military—and normally handles internal security tasks.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for national guard
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China has the most manpower, with the largest standing army in the world.New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2024
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What's more, the militias were renamed the National Guard and unconstitutionally transformed from a check on federal power to a second federal standing army.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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The Sayyida Zeinab area, often targeted during the war, was a stronghold for Hezbollah and other militias allied with his regime.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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In Lebanon, thousands of Israeli airstrikes have wiped out the leadership of Hezbollah, the crown jewel of the axis, and severely damaged the Shiite militia’s military capacity.Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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The new historical drama, streaming now on Netflix, follows the true story of an all-Black and all-female battalion during World War II.Hannah Malach, WWD, 19 Dec. 2024
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One person who was injured was a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection battalion chief on duty, according to the AP.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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The soldiers under Brigadier General Francis Marion rode this unflappable horse through swampland to defeat the British army, marking a turn in the war effort.Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, off-island somewhere in the ocean… Captain Park, who has been helping Jun-ho and his increasingly small army search for Gi-hun, is caught tinkering with (sabotaging) the drone that nearly found the compound earlier that day.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Dec. 2024
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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