as in soldier
a person engaged in military service
a moving Memorial Day service honoring our fallen troopers
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Recent Examples of trooper
Womack, the driver, provided the troopers with false identification, and an investigation revealed that around 20 different aliases and seven different social security numbers were associated with her.
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Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
Her arrest came after troopers conducted a traffic stop in April on a Mercedes-Benz on Interstate 79 in Washington County, police said in a news release.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 23 July 2025
House left the scene and reportedly went on to carjack a vehicle after shooting the trooper, investigators said.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2025
Multiple churchgoers gunned down after suspect shoots state trooper in wild rampage.
—FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
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Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
Her arrest came after troopers conducted a traffic stop in April on a Mercedes-Benz on Interstate 79 in Washington County, police said in a news release.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 23 July 2025
House left the scene and reportedly went on to carjack a vehicle after shooting the trooper, investigators said.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2025
Multiple churchgoers gunned down after suspect shoots state trooper in wild rampage.
—FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trooper
Noun
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What may have been a Roman soldier's monthly paycheck has emerged from under the ground, officials announced this month.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
31 July 2025
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An action-adventure flick directed by J.C. Chandor for Netflix, Triple Frontier follows a group of former special-ops soldiers who — feeling financially undervalued for their years spent in military service — decide to get what's rightfully theirs by robbing a drug lord.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
Noun
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By the time Dragon Ball Super rolls around, Goku is fighting cosmic gods in his quest to save the world and become the strongest warrior in existence.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
29 July 2025
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The party’s antitrust warriors may be marginalized, but there’s one space where personnel really has become policy: AI and crypto regulation.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
28 July 2025
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The 55-year-old former fighter pilot in the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force spent 141 days in space in 2015.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
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Giving Ken lane-change abilities makes the character feel like a fighter who truly belongs in a Fatal Fury title.—
Jeffrey L. Wilson,
PC Magazine,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Trooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trooper. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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