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Recent Examples of national guard
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum dispatched an additional 10,000 national guard members to the border.
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Mary Beth Sheridan The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 2 Mar. 2025
The United States should also continue working with Baghdad to encourage the development and arming of a Sunni national guard willing to fight ISIS as part of the ISF.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2015
Ed was a member of the national guard for 8 years, former Elks member and very active in the community and Lions Club of Chanhassen.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Mexico is also sending 10,000 national guard troops to its side of the border as part of an agreement to pause tariffs.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2025
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Mary Beth Sheridan The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 2 Mar. 2025
The United States should also continue working with Baghdad to encourage the development and arming of a Sunni national guard willing to fight ISIS as part of the ISF.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2015
Ed was a member of the national guard for 8 years, former Elks member and very active in the community and Lions Club of Chanhassen.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Mexico is also sending 10,000 national guard troops to its side of the border as part of an agreement to pause tariffs.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for national guard
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The Ukrainian leader also mentioned maintaining the country’s standing army of about one million soldiers and a peacekeeping contingent from European countries, or some combination of these measures.—
Andrew E. Kramer,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Editors’ Picks 10 Gut Myths, Corrected Are Dental X-Rays Safe? Image With 1.2 million troops, North Korea’s military ranks among the world’s largest standing armies, and its entry into the war was a profound escalation in a war now approaching its fourth year.—
Marc Santora,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Prior to the earthquake, the military was battling the Kachin Independence Army militia group.—
DAVID RISING,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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Prior to the earthquake the military was battling the Kachin Independence Army militia group.—
David Rising,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said during a visit to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday that Vilnius was pleased to host U.S. rotational battalions in the country, and that the Baltic state was ready to accept more American troops, according to a readout published by the foreign ministry.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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He later was acquitted of the six counts, including insubordination, but the court-martial prevented him from deploying to fight in Europe with his battalion.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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The spread Then, the virus takes over, multiplying inside the cells and building up an army for an attack.—
Emily Baumgaertner Nunn,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Ling and an army of staffers arrived at the park on Monday morning at dawn to get things set up.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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