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national guard

noun

Definition of national guard

as in standing army

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Recent Examples of national guard At least two military members also attend veteran funeral services, usually sent from either active duty, the national guard or the reserve, said Chadd Boland, a National Guard staff sergeant. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026 The conflict escalated further, resulting in 25 national guard members being killed in separate attacks following the cartel leader’s killing. — Jordan Parker aviation, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026 The next day, Colmenarez joined the protestors again in the streets around the government’s election office, but were pushed back by national guard officers firing tear gas canisters. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026 Our national guard members and permanent residents. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for national guard

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The possibility of revising Article 9 of Japan’s constitution, which renounces war and prohibits a traditional standing army, is no longer taboo in Tokyo.

— David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
Many Americans feared and distrusted the idea of a standing army into the first half of the nineteenth century.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 25 May 2026

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The military operation there aims to restore sovereignty and confront the Houthi militia that’s attacking not just Saudi Arabia and Yemen, but the arteries of the global economy.

— Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, questions loom around the future of the Iraqi militias, which the Baghdad government has sought to disarm, with little success so far.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026

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Allison Fluke-Ekren, a former Kansas resident who had already organized an Islamic State group women’s center in Raqqa, became the battalion’s leader and organizer.

— Sara Harmouch, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
By storing blood in two battalion chief vehicles, paramedics are able to begin transfusions at the scene of a severe bleeding emergency instead of having to wait until the victim arrives at a hospital.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

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Children—a rare sight at Trancoso’s small, intimate pousadas but welcome here—are kept busy by a discreet army of private nannies and hotel monitors.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Ted gives him an army man like Henry gave Ted when Ted first moved across the pond.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

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