militia
Example Sentences
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They were musical militias, trained in discipline, endurance, and ideological purpose.
From BBC
Barrack has suggested that Sharaa’s ascendance to power removes the U.S. rationale to keep its troops in northeastern Syria and support the militia group in its fight against Islamic State, also known as ISIS.
Savill says "they could go after the centres of military power, including Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and maybe the militias that are suppressing the protesters".
From BBC
Both books show how enslaved people exerted pressure against slaveholders, militias and the political leaders who sought to perpetuate systems of forced labor.
The military has been fighting against both armed resistance groups which oppose the coup and ethnic armies that have their own militias.
From BBC
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