firing squads

noun

plural of firing squad
as in rear guards

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  1. pickets
  2. watches
  3. outposts
  4. sentries
Noun
  • Park rangers and mountain guides install and maintain snow pickets — which are used to help build anchors for extra protection on areas like steep slopes — between the high camp and Denali Pass, the park has said.
    — Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • Park rangers and mountain guides install and maintain snow pickets — which are used to help build anchors for extra protection on areas like steep slopes — between the high camp and Denali Pass, the park says.
    — Becky Bohrer, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Definition of pickets
Noun
  • Daemon is knocked to the ground and then watches as Sheepstealer, ripped and torn and bloody, drags itself away.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Flood watches have been posted Sunday from Michigan and Indiana, and across parts of Western New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina.
    — Michelle Simmons, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of watches
Noun
  • Gagosian will continue to operate its London outposts at 20 Grosvenor Hill and 17–19 Davies Street in Mayfair.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Historically, mountain properties were trappers’ cabins, logging outposts or alpine dairy herding HQs.
    — Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of outposts
Noun
  • Finally, unable to stand down the household guard on her own, Alicent confesses her scheme to Helaena, who orders the sentries on the ramparts to hold fire when Rhaenyra flies in on Syrax.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • The soldiers would have stayed as sentries before and after the performance, symbolically guarding the legacy of Taiwan’s founder.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of sentries
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