volunteer army
Americannoun
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The same dynamic played out in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which saw a volunteer army of pro-Ukraine hackers claim credit for numerous attacks on Russian websites and other online services.
From Reuters ● Oct. 11, 2023
Free tickets for all villagers does help get everyone on board but many make up the 140-person volunteer army, many of whom take time off work to set up and clear the festival site.
From BBC ● May 20, 2023
After she saw them, she joined a volunteer army of sorts, one that tries to help Afghan refugees however they can.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2022
Records are maintained through a publicly available, digital ledger, known as a blockchain, managed by a volunteer army over numerous servers.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2021
Yet the Treasury paid this, together with the expenses of government, and reduced the debt seventy-one million dollars before the volunteer army had been fully discharged in 1866.
From Comic History of the United States by F. Opper
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