troopers
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Standing sentry, bizarrely, were tall, cartoonish statues — half storm troopers, half USC Trojans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
In Selma: For the movie “Selma,” filmmakers returned to the Edmund Pettus Bridge to re-create the scene where state troopers clashed with nearly 600 voting-rights marchers in 1965, an event known as Bloody Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
“Shame!” and “We all saw this!,” a reaction resulting in one man’s quick expulsion from the Capitol by state troopers as the senators watched, some filming the altercation on their phones.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2025
The route was lined by troopers on foot from the Household Cavalry's Life Guards and Blues and Royals.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
The troopers made a cursory examination of the ve-hicle and its environs for signs of foul play and then departed.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
