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Recent Examples of militiaman
The Marquis de Morès was the first leader in the West to emerge on the political stage as a populist, an antisemite, and (though the word did not yet exist) a fascist militiaman, all at once.
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Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Reinforcements arrived: 200 Virginia militiamen and 100 British regulars.
—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
But his top generals and his cadre of Basij militiamen and other security forces remain loyal.
—Hooman Majd, Time, 5 Feb. 2026
In 2014, Bundy and his father, Cliven, marshaled about 1,000 militiamen and other supporters to repel government agents trying to impound their cattle in Bunkerville, Nevada.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Reinforcements arrived: 200 Virginia militiamen and 100 British regulars.
—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
But his top generals and his cadre of Basij militiamen and other security forces remain loyal.
—Hooman Majd, Time, 5 Feb. 2026
In 2014, Bundy and his father, Cliven, marshaled about 1,000 militiamen and other supporters to repel government agents trying to impound their cattle in Bunkerville, Nevada.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militiaman
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The guardsmen were initially deployed in D.C. in mid-August 2025 when Trump declared a crime emergency in the capital.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Apr. 2026
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The law allows guardsmen to make arrests in specific situations, but they're primarily tasked with keeping the peace and providing logistical support.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
27 Feb. 2026
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García said mining areas in Bolívar state remain under the control of organizations such as gangs such as Tren de Aragua and Tren de Guayana and ELN guerrillas, which operate across different mines and control workers, transport routes and processing centers.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Israel and Hezbollah have fought multiple wars since the group was formed in the 1980s as a guerrilla force resisting Israel’s then occupation of southern Lebanon.—
Abby Sewell,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Galvin is the counseling director at the Center on Conscience and War, which helps run the 24-hour GI Rights Hotline, set up to inform service members of their options for military discharge.—
Tom Bowman,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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The backlogs are real for these clinics, Soni said, recalling one GI clinic that had a backlog of six months, and 4,000 procedures that were waiting to be scheduled, representing millions in revenue.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, said the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF, launched two drone strikes on Al-Jabalain Hospital in the White Nile province, hitting an operating theater and a maternity ward.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Among them was the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, creating a power vacuum largely filled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a powerful paramilitary, political and economic group.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
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Leaving the tavern, where minutemen had gathered hours earlier to wait for the British military, Revere heard the first gunshots of the American Revolution ring out.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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There is of course some truth to those who would emphasize the revolutionary nature of the minutemen and soldiers of George Washington's Continental Army.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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“Militiaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militiaman. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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