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Recent Examples of gendarmerie
Meanwhile, the government did put forth some security sector reforms, including the creation of a rural paramilitary gendarmerie force.
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Ralph H. Espach, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2014
But the driver sensed something wrong and brought him to the gendarmerie police.
—Nancy Ing, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
After a night at the gendarmerie, he was sent to a nearby prison that was notorious for overcrowding, drug use and suicide.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
In response to the growing threat of internal insurrection, King Boris III’s government deployed the gendarmerie to stamp out the partisan threat.
—Kristen Ghodsee, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2015
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Ralph H. Espach, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2014
But the driver sensed something wrong and brought him to the gendarmerie police.
—Nancy Ing, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
After a night at the gendarmerie, he was sent to a nearby prison that was notorious for overcrowding, drug use and suicide.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
In response to the growing threat of internal insurrection, King Boris III’s government deployed the gendarmerie to stamp out the partisan threat.
—Kristen Ghodsee, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2015
See all Example Sentences for gendarmerie
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
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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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Earlier this week, a complicated mission was set in motion, with the Jordanian military prepared to evacuate Habiba on Wednesday.—
Jomana Karadsheh,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, the Chinese military did not deploy any of its aircraft carriers, two of them remaining pierside at bases, while another underwent maintenance inside a dry dock.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 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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Once the war breaks out between the two ruling militias, escape becomes the only safe way out for the filmmakers and their protagonists.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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One militia group which was present at the riots, the Three Percenters, has seen a rise in recruitment following January 6, per ProPublica.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Langston was placed on restrictive housing as the prison’s investigative services unit and the Kern County District Attorney’s Office investigate the homicide, the release said.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
31 Jan. 2025
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There are about 260 of the aircraft in service, according to Cirium, an aviation data company.—
Dan Catchpole,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Gendarmerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gendarmerie. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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