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Protesters fear crackdown: But demonstrators stick to plans to rally in DC before June 14 Army parade
Following a high-profile standoff with California authorities, Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have suggested that more national guard units could be deployed in response to the protests.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 15 June 2025
The next step, then, is though the governor — the sheriff to the governor and the emergency OES at the state — that the national guard be deployed.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 10 June 2025
In Minnesota, more than 500 members of the state’s national guard were sent to St. Paul, Minneapolis, and surrounding communities because of the increase in demonstrations in the area, officials said at the time.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
In Acapulco on Wednesday, there was a strong presence of the national guard and police in the streets, but most visible were trucks from the national power company.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 June 2025
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 15 June 2025
The next step, then, is though the governor — the sheriff to the governor and the emergency OES at the state — that the national guard be deployed.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 10 June 2025
In Minnesota, more than 500 members of the state’s national guard were sent to St. Paul, Minneapolis, and surrounding communities because of the increase in demonstrations in the area, officials said at the time.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 25 May 2025
In Acapulco on Wednesday, there was a strong presence of the national guard and police in the streets, but most visible were trucks from the national power company.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for national guard
Noun
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Taiwan's armed forces have an active-duty strength of just over 150,000, compared with China's standing army of over 2 million soldiers.—
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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Nearly 170,000 active-duty troops are stationed abroad, a number larger than the entire standing army of many countries, including Canada.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 requires stable borders and secure trade routes—impossible with Iranian militias controlling Syrian territory.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Violent extremism has increased throughout Africa in recent years, although until lately it was mostly restricted to the Sahel region, where militias hold control over swaths of territory.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
30 July 2025
Noun
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The Skokie Fire Department said the department sent a fire crew and battalion chief to the scene.—
Pam DeFiglio,
Chicago Tribune,
29 July 2025
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Staley described it as a two-alarm fire that drew three city fire battalions.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
21 July 2025
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Carpenter charges her army of supporters $7 a month.—
Justin Conklin,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The gun, a reproduction 1873 single-action army revolver, fired a live round inadvertently loaded by Hannah Gutierrez, the production's weapons handler.—
REUTERS,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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