volunteer army
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In Burkina Faso, a so-called "volunteer" army, launched in 2020 before the military takeover, is one strategy being used to fight militants.
From BBC
Farage said Bull's role would be to "inspire" the party's base and "give leadership to that volunteer army out there".
From BBC
The large medical bus is operated by Ukraine's Volunteer Army Medical Battalion – known as the Hospitallers.
From BBC
“We had a vendor lined up to print petitions and had assembled a volunteer army and a paid canvass operation that was set to go,” the Democrat’s former chief aide, Melissa DeRosa, writes in her political memoir, “What’s Left Unsaid: My Life at the Center of Power, Politics and Crisis.”
From Seattle Times
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
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