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Recent Examples of gendarmerie
The gendarmerie eventually became the Forces Armées d’Haiti or FADH.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
French authorities have launched a massive emergency response, deploying 1,600 police and gendarmerie officers to assist the population and prevent looting.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Security measures are in place, with police, gendarmerie and army personnel patrolling the area.
—NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
The gendarmerie, special forces, and other security forces were all here.
—Suzan Fraser, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
French authorities have launched a massive emergency response, deploying 1,600 police and gendarmerie officers to assist the population and prevent looting.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Security measures are in place, with police, gendarmerie and army personnel patrolling the area.
—NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
The gendarmerie, special forces, and other security forces were all here.
—Suzan Fraser, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gendarmerie
Noun
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The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
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When Jordan sealed its border in 2016 after an ISIS attack killed six Jordanian soldiers, most of the Syrian civilians were trapped — unable to move forward or go back through roads controlled by the Syrian regime or even move through a desert laid with land mines.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Moscow is not about to waste vital resources in airpower, weaponry or soldiery on peripheral endeavors such as supporting Assad or the Mullahs.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
1 Dec. 2024
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That includes the activism and the soldiery.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
15 Aug. 2022
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Iran is preparing a substantial response to a large-scale attack conducted by Israel against key sites and personnel associated with the Islamic Republic's nuclear program and military, according to official Iranian media.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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The Israeli military has begun airstrikes against Iran, two U.S. officials told NBC News.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
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The historical drama about Black military women who heroically solved a massive backlog of mail to servicemen during World War II is #2.—
Tom Brueggemann,
IndieWire,
23 Dec. 2024
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These ex-servicemen would need food, sundries, smokes — hundreds of things, and thousands in pension dollars landed in their pockets, right?—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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That war triggered Israel’s devastating destruction of the Gaza Strip and sequential destruction of Iran’s militia proxies, most notably Hezbollah in Lebanon, whose devastating defeat last September-October empowered Islamist rebels to overthrow Bashar al-Assad in Syria in December.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Iran has also for years militarily and financially supported regional militia groups, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthi rebels in Yemen and Hamas in Gaza, that have pressured or attacked Israel on multiple fronts.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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This is one of the most important services of their lives.—
Buddha Lo,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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The drop was largely due to a contraction in the services sector, which took a knock after the government ended a tax break for some home buyers.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
12 June 2025
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“Gendarmerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gendarmerie. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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