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Recent Examples of gendarmerie
The gendarmerie eventually became the Forces Armées d’Haiti or FADH.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
French authorities have launched a massive emergency response, deploying 1,600 police and gendarmerie officers to assist the population and prevent looting.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Security measures are in place, with police, gendarmerie and army personnel patrolling the area.
—NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
The gendarmerie, special forces, and other security forces were all here.
—Suzan Fraser, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
French authorities have launched a massive emergency response, deploying 1,600 police and gendarmerie officers to assist the population and prevent looting.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Security measures are in place, with police, gendarmerie and army personnel patrolling the area.
—NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
The gendarmerie, special forces, and other security forces were all here.
—Suzan Fraser, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gendarmerie
Noun
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In the driveway of a rundown house, two soldiers work quickly under the glow of headlamps, loading weapons from a shed into the back of a battered truck.—
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
Noun
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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
Noun
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With Putin’s military making progress on the battlefield and American aid drying up, the Russian leader may see no advantage in backing down.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 May 2025
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But through their attacks, the Russian military can prevent the Ukrainians from redeploying units to Donetsk.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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At first Gabriel is very happy on the ranch, living with their care pod, but as tensions are ratcheted up with a local militia, they’re increasingly exposed to violence and trauma.—
Ilana Masad,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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Last year, the U.S. shuttered a military base in Niger that was considered a crucial hub for American counterterrorism operations after the governing militia there asked the U.S. to leave and welcomed Russian troops instead.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
29 May 2025
Noun
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This is a full-on collision between the rights of government and these quasi-public associations that have been around for 50 years and provide a valuable service, working to keep our streets safer and cleaner so New Yorkers can shop comfortably.—
Peter Madonia,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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The intent of the new memorandum was to redirect individuals who do not require halfway house services to home confinement.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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“Gendarmerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gendarmerie. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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