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Recent Examples of reservist
According to reports in the Israeli and U.S. media, Zamir has pushed back on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to control Gaza City, raising concerns about the exhaustion of reservists, the safety of hostages and the potential of troops having to govern millions of Palestinians.
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Nbc News, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
The Army has released its own report detailing several lapses in how officials leading Card's unit dealt with the reservist's spiraling mental health.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Israel began the first stages of its attack on Gaza City last week, calling up 50,000 to 60,000 reservists for the operation to occupy the city, according to IDF spokesman Eddie Defrin and an Israeli military official.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
Most of the reservists are not expected to operate in Gaza City.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
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Nbc News, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
The Army has released its own report detailing several lapses in how officials leading Card's unit dealt with the reservist's spiraling mental health.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Israel began the first stages of its attack on Gaza City last week, calling up 50,000 to 60,000 reservists for the operation to occupy the city, according to IDF spokesman Eddie Defrin and an Israeli military official.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
Most of the reservists are not expected to operate in Gaza City.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reservist
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The guardsmen would be a deterrent, and also be available nearby to assist CMPD officers who will still be making arrests.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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Trump authorized 300 Illinois National Guard troops for active duty in Chicago, and the Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, volunteered another 400 of his state’s guardsmen.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Two veteran data journalists are launching a new investigative publication to cover rising authoritarianism from the shadowy corners of the internet.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Under the command of the unflappable Ernest McSorley, its veteran captain, the Fitz broke shipping records and tallied enormous profits.—
Kevin Duchschere,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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With 20,000 troops and tens of thousands of allied militiamen, Turkey has controlled significant swathes of territory across five northern Syrian provinces since 2016.—
Kamran Bokhari,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The president led 15,000 federalized militiamen from Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania into the west—though no rebel army materialized to oppose them.—
Time,
Time,
2 July 2025
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But such streaks of humor and tenderness inevitably give way to the next atrocity, as Hothead conscripts Chicken into her mission to dispatch men.—
Jo Livingstone,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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The callow striver Redmond Barry is played by 1970s heartthrob Ryan O’Neal, in one of his best performances, a reluctant conscript in the British army after leaving his Irish home in disgrace.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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These conditions cause inflammation in the GI tract.—
Cynthia Sass,
Health,
21 Oct. 2025
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Because of its low to medium glycemic index (GI), honey doesn't cause blood sugar levels to increase to quite the same extent that sugar does.—
Megan Nunn,
Verywell Health,
7 Oct. 2025
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Those guys are important Poles draftees.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Padres bring their top draftees to Petco Park at some point each year.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
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To attract recruits, ICE is offering several incentives, including signing bonuses of up to $50,000 and student loan repayment programs.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The season finale of Boots focuses on the Crucible, a grueling 54-hour test Cameron and the other recruits must pass to become Marines.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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There is of course some truth to those who would emphasize the revolutionary nature of the minutemen and soldiers of George Washington's Continental Army.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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Eight colonial militiamen, also known as minutemen, were killed and others were wounded.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Reservist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reservist. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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