1
as in troupe
an organized group of stage performers
a celebrated acting troop will be coming to town next month to perform one of Shakespeare's plays
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as in military
troops plural
the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation
the troops overseas are grateful for the support of so many at home
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as in to march
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Recent Examples of troop
Steve Inskeep, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
Often swathed in mist and cloud, these mountains are home to strawberry farms, terraced fields that hug its steep contours, and troops of baboons crashing and hooting their way through the juniper forests.
—Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 2 May 2024
McIlroy and his caddie trooped down the hill and into the tree on the dogleg only to be directed to his ball — at the edge of the crosswalk at the bottom of the hill.
—Bob Spear, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2024
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Noun
It could easily be converted to carry thousands of U.S. troops to a war zone, which was a function served by the British liners Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth during World War II.
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One scene shows an endless train of people trooping into Pallenberg’s and Richards’ home in France, Villa Nellcôte, where the latter decided to record Exile on Main St. One can understand why Pallenberg turned to hard drugs.
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The protestors were moved off the property and the audience was notified of the situation during the intermission out of caution, according to the troupe.Tess Ware, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
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The event, based on a series of British TV specials, will end with the troupe performing a striptease act.Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
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When the United States military withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the Taliban immediately retook control over the country, Jennifer Lawrence had an idea.Tommy McArdle, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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The Russian military is still struggling to learn from past failures.David Axe, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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On Thursday, dozens of city staffers and first responders marched through the muck.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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During early voting, young women on the North Carolina State University campus marched to the polls with a pro-choice message, inviting men to join them.Ashley Schwartz-Lavares, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in southern Lebanon.NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Letters from Private Isaac Walters of the 20th Indiana Infantry’s Company F to his sister-in-law describe sick and injured soldiers sent from Virginia to Indiana to vote days before the presidential election after the state failed to enact absentee voting.Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
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Many messy-haired brown men put forth their faces for judgment: singing, dancing and parading themselves in front of the massive crowd of screaming girls.Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Westbrook paraded out to the scene of the crime and pointed to the other end of the floor, gleefully mimicking the foul call himself.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 30 Oct. 2024
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These procedures—how a product is made, a service is delivered, or a problem is solved—are often steeped in insights that could benefit other clients.Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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Beyoncé's upcoming halftime show at the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens game on Christmas, which will also air live on the service, however, will be glitch-free — according to her mom, Tina Knowles.Jack Irvin, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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The intended message of this joint observance of Armistice Day – the first since Winston Churchill strode side-by-side with Gen. Charles de Gaulle in 1944 – was to reaffirm and reinvigorate the bond between two of Europe’s leading political, economic, and military powers.Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
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That evening, the artist, who uses all pronouns, strode down the grassy hill of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles wearing a flowing floral gown and carrying a saxophone.Wren Sanders, Them, 27 Sep. 2024
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Jevon Porter had 19 points and 12 rebounds to pace LMU.Staff and news service reports, Orange County Register, 12 Nov. 2024
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Common paced breathing exercises for stress and anxiety relief include box breathing, 4-7-8 breathing, alternate-nostril breathing and pursed-lip breathing.Noma Nazish, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Troop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troop. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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