coast guard
noun
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: a military or naval force employed in guarding a coast or responsible for the safety, order, and operation of maritime traffic in neighboring waters
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China has increasingly sent armed coast guard ships to the waters near the Philippines to reinforce its territorial claims with law enforcement patrols, ramming maneuvers, and water cannons, as well as the use of high-power lasers against Philippine vessels.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
The nation’s coast guard will investigate the discovery.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Since China seized the Scarborough Shoal in 2012 after a standoff with the Philippines, its coast guard ships have maintained a constant presence to patrol the area.
—Reuters, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
And the log contained other information: the names of the flight’s three coast guard pilots.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
The nation’s coast guard will investigate the discovery.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Since China seized the Scarborough Shoal in 2012 after a standoff with the Philippines, its coast guard ships have maintained a constant presence to patrol the area.
—Reuters, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
And the log contained other information: the names of the flight’s three coast guard pilots.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Coast guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coast%20guard. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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