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a person engaged in military service
a moving Memorial Day service honoring our fallen troopers
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Recent Examples of troopers
According to the Massachusetts State Police, the passenger was restrained on the flight, but was cooperative by the time troopers boarded the plane.
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Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
The collision forced troopers to close 187th Street for a while, but the crossing reopened after the train was moved away from the crossing.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
How many state troopers, especially superior officers, visited Quigley in his hospital room as the cover-up began?
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Three Georgia State Patrol troopers and their supervisor were fired from the department after an investigation revealed a scheme where officers used insurance claims to profit off of vehicle chases, an internal report concluded.
—Asia Simone Burns, AJC.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Then the troopers would receive money when an insurance company settled out of court.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Police also handed out 100 traffic citations over the three-day span, with 49 issued by Tybee Island officers and 51 by state troopers.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Inside the Toyota, troopers allegedly found a gun, an SOG tomahawk ax and a 12-inch Sogfari black machete, state police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
The pursuit ended when troopers performed a tactical vehicle intervention on the truck.
—Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
The collision forced troopers to close 187th Street for a while, but the crossing reopened after the train was moved away from the crossing.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
How many state troopers, especially superior officers, visited Quigley in his hospital room as the cover-up began?
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Three Georgia State Patrol troopers and their supervisor were fired from the department after an investigation revealed a scheme where officers used insurance claims to profit off of vehicle chases, an internal report concluded.
—Asia Simone Burns, AJC.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Then the troopers would receive money when an insurance company settled out of court.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Police also handed out 100 traffic citations over the three-day span, with 49 issued by Tybee Island officers and 51 by state troopers.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Inside the Toyota, troopers allegedly found a gun, an SOG tomahawk ax and a 12-inch Sogfari black machete, state police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
The pursuit ended when troopers performed a tactical vehicle intervention on the truck.
—Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troopers
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Nataliia had gone to the bus station, where soldiers were spraying foam to contain the nuclear fallout, and to the hospital, where men in white coats were unloading victims on stretchers from the backs of ambulances.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Kozak said workers slept on floors and desks, with Russian soldiers occupying key areas.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Two warriors gleam in the midst of Indian Combat (1868) and continue their brawl to the death, one knife-edge away from mortality.—
Tyehimba Jess,
ARTnews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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But the Ballances were more than gallant warriors – in fact, a life-size oil painting of Marti’s great-grandfather Charles Ballance’s wife and children – including her grandfather Willis as a 3-year-old – hangs in a place of honor at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Troopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troopers. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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