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
One big reason the Gluesenkamp Perez campaign triumphed has to do with a pretty retro strategy: a big volunteer army of doorknockers.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2022
The government needs to set up an emergency "volunteer army" for social care amid fears homes could run out of staff, a care group boss has said.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 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
Some idea may be formed of the state and appearance of the volunteer army by the fact that it had no proper arms; the muskets were many of them as old as the first Napoleon.
From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Giuseppe Garibaldi
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