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Recent Examples of militiaman
The attack was carried out by local LDS militiamen, aided by Native American allies.
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Image Goma has long been a refuge for more than a million civilians fleeing violence from M23 militiamen, Congolese forces and other armed groups in the region.
—Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The militiamen hire Paiutes and make the attack look like the work of Native Americans.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Image Goma has long been a refuge for more than a million civilians fleeing violence from M23 militiamen, Congolese forces and other armed groups in the region.
—Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The militiamen hire Paiutes and make the attack look like the work of Native Americans.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militiaman
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More than a dozen Republican governors, in a show of support for Abbott, had sent their own guardsmen to the border.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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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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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
Noun
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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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