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Recent Examples of commando
The Moon's Joint Army unleashes soldiers while an elite commando unit from Earth called VC3 Squad, led by Jack, infiltrates undercover to wipe out the rebel faction known as the Moon Chains.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
This week, Finnish commandos boarded an oil tanker that officials suspect had cut through vital underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, including one that carries electricity between Finland and Estonia.
—Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
In the past, Israel has carried out commando operations deep inside Lebanon to kidnap or kill Hezbollah and Palestinian officials.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
But the 2019 clash, and an earlier 2016 raid by Indian commandos across the Line of Control after a militant attack on one of their Jammu and Kashmir headquarters, demonstrated that retaliatory strikes need not escalate to nuclear exchange.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
This week, Finnish commandos boarded an oil tanker that officials suspect had cut through vital underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, including one that carries electricity between Finland and Estonia.
—Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
In the past, Israel has carried out commando operations deep inside Lebanon to kidnap or kill Hezbollah and Palestinian officials.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
But the 2019 clash, and an earlier 2016 raid by Indian commandos across the Line of Control after a militant attack on one of their Jammu and Kashmir headquarters, demonstrated that retaliatory strikes need not escalate to nuclear exchange.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commando
Noun
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Police officials have acknowledged in the past that patrol officers across the city are routinely tied down on high-priority calls for service.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Officer Austin Turner has been a Marietta patrol officer for close to four years.—
Katja Ridderbusch,
NPR,
26 May 2025
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The second trailer for the anthology story centers on a Viking raider guiding her young son on a bloody quest for revenge.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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This anthology film tells of three fierce human warriors – a vengeful Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan and an Allied pilot in World War II – who face off against a deadly alien hunter with otherworldly weaponry and a mean streak.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The tree had long been a way marker and memory maker: a site of wedding proposals and remembrance ceremonies, a sentry in photos from one-in-a-lifetime family vacations, taped to fridges across the world.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Anduril makes everything from small drones to sentry towers used to police the U.S.-Mexico border systems to enable pilotless vehicles.—
William Hartung,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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One reservist who has quietly ended his military service is Yair, a thirty-eight-year-old former infantryman who lives on a northern kibbutz.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
14 May 2025
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In his forties and with bad knees, Butcher was not cut out to be an infantryman.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Photo: Courtesy of the Oberoi Group This is the second wildlife resort for Oberoi, the luxury hospitality brand with outposts scattered across some of the most covetable and far-flung destinations on the planet.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
23 May 2025
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After his latest excursions along the eastern coasts of Norway, Jarrett now says his team believes that rather than solely relying on concentrated trading outposts, Norse sailors frequently utilized a decentralized network of ports on the region’s numerous islands and peninsulas.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Parking for 12 rides and a private dock give both auto and marine enthusiasts a little more to swoon over.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
20 May 2025
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The search for the victim was expected to continue on Monday with the arrival of a state police marine unit, the outlet added.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
5 May 2025
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The miniskirt featured pickets and showcased a white Puma logo at the waist band.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
16 May 2025
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The rangers called for a nationwide day of action on March 1, encouraging protesters to hand out flyers to cars, put signs in front of webcams, hang banners, hang American flags upside down as a signal of distress, march in gateway towns, rally inside parks and picket around park signs.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2025
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But those devices are not always 100% effective, rangers said.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Hernandez was escorting Pino to the ranger station, where the injured passengers were taken.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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“Commando.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commando. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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