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a person engaged in military service
a moving Memorial Day service honoring our fallen troopers
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Recent Examples of troopers
The pursuit ended when troopers performed a tactical vehicle intervention on the truck.
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Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
The footage was provided to troopers as part of the investigation.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
As nearby troopers responded to the scene, both troopers saw the vehicle stopped across the right lane and right center lane of I-84 west at the end of the Exit 58 on-ramp, state police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Dispatch advised troopers that the suspect, a man, had left the residence on foot.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Shawn McDonnell was shot by troopers, and all three were arrested.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 16 Dec. 2024
The troopers reads him his Miranda rights and puts him in handcuffs shortly thereafter.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
State troopers discovered her car parked near a restaurant with her 5-year-old granddaughter still inside.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
State troopers found a sinkhole in the area near the car nearly the size of a manhole cover.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
The footage was provided to troopers as part of the investigation.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
As nearby troopers responded to the scene, both troopers saw the vehicle stopped across the right lane and right center lane of I-84 west at the end of the Exit 58 on-ramp, state police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Dispatch advised troopers that the suspect, a man, had left the residence on foot.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
Shawn McDonnell was shot by troopers, and all three were arrested.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 16 Dec. 2024
The troopers reads him his Miranda rights and puts him in handcuffs shortly thereafter.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
State troopers discovered her car parked near a restaurant with her 5-year-old granddaughter still inside.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
State troopers found a sinkhole in the area near the car nearly the size of a manhole cover.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troopers
Noun
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On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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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
Noun
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But by the end of the Neolithic Age, with a world population of 100 million, the stakes were much higher, requiring more than a few warriors as well as strong leaders to subdue, even enslave, other people.—
John Mariani,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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The first film recounts the Battle of Thermopylae during the Greco-Persian Wars, where King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) of Sparta leads 300 of his finest warriors against the massive Persian army commanded by King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro).—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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“Troopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troopers. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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