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Recent Examples of rear guardAnd assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024 Indeed, Dnipropetrovsk has been a key rear guard for the Ukrainian military and National Guard.—Taras Kuzio, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2015 The capelin rear guard, sensing danger, rose off the bottom in a great fleeing cloud.—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 General Fran Sigel was assigned as rear guard for forces moving through town.—Randy McCrory, Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2023 By the 1990s, NHTSA had finally adopted a regulation requiring tougher rear guards.—A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023 The beefier, more robust rear guards would’ve cost an additional $127 each, according to industry estimates.—A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023 Striking then racing away as the Russian rear guard struggles to catch up.—David Axe, Forbes, 3 May 2023 The rear guard ensures that nothing falls into that gap between your stove and the wall.—Matt Jancer, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023
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On Oct. 31, while appearing at Tucker Carlson's Live Tour, Trump suggested that former Rep. Liz Cheney face a firing squad.
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
5 Nov. 2024
Dozens of top figures of the previous regime were captured, summarily tried, and executed by a firing squad, night after night, on the roof of a school where the leader of the revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had taken residence in central Tehran.
The new outpost retains the same warm woods as its original Marais store, opened last year, and takes cues from the brand’s workshop.
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
4 Nov. 2024
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Photo: David Dee Delgado/AFP/Getty Images Members and supporters of the New York Immigration Coalition at an Election Night watch party at their offices in New York City.
Curbed Staff,
Curbed,
6 Nov. 2024
In one instance, a man survived a gunshot only due to his pocket watch deflecting the bullet, while another joined the Union army after deserting the Confederacy.
She was relentlessly attacked and ridiculed on social media and on picket signs.
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
1 Nov. 2024
National Association of Letter Carriers NWI Southshore 580 joined many other letter carrier locals on Oct. 14 by hosting an informational picket outside the Old Lake County Courthouse to spread the word since Post Office workers by law are not allowed to strike.
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