guardsman

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Recent Examples of guardsman More than a dozen Republican governors, in a show of support for Abbott, had sent their own guardsmen to the border. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025 As the dog lazed in the dirt in Shelby Park, one guardsman ruminated about new missions to alleviate the boredom. Jack Healy, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025 That’s roughly five guardsmen for every mile of border. Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025 Each team consists of five guardsmen, two Humvees and communications equipment, according to the release. Thomas Saccente, arkansasonline.com, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guardsman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardsman
Noun
  • Somali leaders estimated that the battle killed 312 of their militiamen and citizens and injured 814 others.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
  • About 120 Black militiamen took part on the rebel American side in the battle at Bunker Hill in April, 1775.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps they were rejected earlier under Ohio’s regular unemployment system and didn’t realize a new one is now available for lower-wage workers and people such as free-lancers who report income on IRS 1099 forms.
    Rich Exner, cleveland, 4 June 2020
  • The empire specializes in magic, the kingdom focuses on lancers, while the alliance touts the best archers.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 26 July 2019
Noun
  • From the minutemen of the Revolution, to the last military defender of the day, bless them.
    Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Americans may produce films about the Greek city-states’ stand against Persia, but long gone is the minuteman who shared features with his Athenian counterpart.
    Steele Brand, Time, 20 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • This may be a sign of bleeding in your GI tract.7 Before taking a magnesium supplement, speak with your healthcare provider.
    Alex Yampolsky, Health, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Axel’s many urgent-care visits for severe GI issues come into sharper focus when Taylor mentions the soothing post-workout beverages Freya would customize for each of them.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In survival mode, players have to fend off attacks from enemy creatures like zombies, giant spiders, and skeleton archers that come out at night, almost turning it into a horror game.
    Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
  • An angry archer took aim at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building early Tuesday, shooting three arrows at a glass door, police said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • When Bose arrived in Malaya in 1943 to rally supporters, his insistence that the nationalist movement needed female guerrillas was initially greeted with shock by many.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Ceasefires had been announced earlier this week by the People's Defense Force, which is the armed wing of the shadow opposition National Unity Government, and the Three Brotherhood Alliance, a trio of ethnic minority guerrilla armies.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Guardsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardsman. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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