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Recent Examples of honor guard
Ceremonies held as part of the state funeral may include participation from military bands, honor guards and National Guard and U.S. Armed Forces Reserve units.
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Conor Murray, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
An Army honor guard thanked Wandel for her father’s service and presented her with a folded flag.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
On the tarmac, standing at attention and saluting, were sailors in their dress whites and an honor guard in service dress blues and campaign hats.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
The honor guard lined up at the church’s entrance as attendees trickled outside into the courtyard, including Gov. Katie Hobbs, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, and Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
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Conor Murray, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
An Army honor guard thanked Wandel for her father’s service and presented her with a folded flag.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
On the tarmac, standing at attention and saluting, were sailors in their dress whites and an honor guard in service dress blues and campaign hats.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
The honor guard lined up at the church’s entrance as attendees trickled outside into the courtyard, including Gov. Katie Hobbs, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, and Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honor guard
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Their defenders were chasing him around screens with an extra level of ferocity.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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Vientos and Alonso don’t exactly rate high defensively, but Vientos made tremendous improvements last season when playing every day at the hot corner, and Alonso is a solid enough defender that the Mets don’t worry about first base.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025
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In the film Owen Wilson plays Arnold Albertson, a Broadway director who has a habit of sleeping with escorts and then staking them money to do something else with their lives.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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Under a massive police escort Sunday, the families of the 67 people killed in Wednesday's collision gathered within sight of the wreckage just off one of the runways at Washington's Reagan National Airport.—
Kris Van Cleave,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2025
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And one pitch invader even made it past Messi’s bodyguard and got a hug from the soccer icon during their last game in Panama.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
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The indictment follows Yoon’s arrest ten days ago, when South Korean prosecutors finally succeeded in forcing him to surrender at his residence after a prolonged stand-off with his presidential bodyguard.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Photo : Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. A convoy of Urus Performante examples take part in the marque’s approximately 560-mile Esperienza Avventura drive in China.—
Sean Evans,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2025
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The convoy of OCTAs set off to climb those mountains, trading pebbled roads for harder tracks in places, and some cement surfaces where runoff was an obvious issue.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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The position flourishes when an offensive lineman does his job, and that has led to NFL quarterbacks giving their offensive linemen gifts like Rolex watches, and more.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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For its brand Chopard, De Rigo unveiled the latest Red Carpet design inspired by the jeweler’s fine watch collection.—
Martino Carrera,
WWD,
14 Feb. 2025
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The proposed guardian must submit a Title 14 guardianship application to the Maricopa County Juvenile Court.—
Jessica Boehm,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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The students are children who have been sent away by their parents or guardians to study at Quranic boarding schools in what’s known as the almajiri system.—
Ogar Monday,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Feb. 2025
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According to a press release from the Clovis Police Department, the chase began just after 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5, after an officer on patrol near the Fowler and Alluvial avenues noticed a suspicious vehicle in the area.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Border patrol agents made similar — though smaller — seizures among fruit and vegetable shipments at the same border crossing in 2021 and last year.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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D’Onta Foreman had a 38-yard run on the second play of the drive, and Sam Darnold scored on an option keeper.—
Dave Birkett,
USA TODAY,
25 Dec. 2022
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Egan’s 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down keeper pulled the Chargers within 28-26 with 4:57 left in the third quarter.—
Jason Frakes,
The Courier-Journal,
26 Nov. 2022
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