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Recent Examples of commando
The idea was that a group of military commandos would break quarantine and try to get to the place where the virus had originated, in order to find a cure.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Visions of Israeli commandos training Malaitan farmers swarmed my imagination.
—Pete McKenzie, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Few films are more overt in their 1980s-ness than the original Predator, which saw rising star Arnold Schwarzenegger playing Dutch, the leader of an elite, off-the-books team of commandos who go into Central America only to come face-to-face with an interstellar killing machine.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 June 2025
As a result, Judge Becerra granted the defense team’s request to take video depositions of five of the Colombians, who represent about one-third of the former commandos in jail.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Visions of Israeli commandos training Malaitan farmers swarmed my imagination.
—Pete McKenzie, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Few films are more overt in their 1980s-ness than the original Predator, which saw rising star Arnold Schwarzenegger playing Dutch, the leader of an elite, off-the-books team of commandos who go into Central America only to come face-to-face with an interstellar killing machine.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 June 2025
As a result, Judge Becerra granted the defense team’s request to take video depositions of five of the Colombians, who represent about one-third of the former commandos in jail.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commando
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By the end of 2017, body cameras — a tool for both accountability and investigation — were in use for all Chicago Police Department patrol officers, which allows jurors and courtroom observers to watch, to some extent, a police shooting unfold.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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However, that claim could not be verified, with the judge ruling that the animal patrol officer did not adequately look to see if food and water were provided and if the horses were properly fenced on the property while performing a welfare check on May 7, according to court records.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
11 July 2025
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The show chronicles the rise of one of history’s most famous Norse raiders, Erik Bloodaxe, and his formidable wife, Gunnhild.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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Most of the sailors on the Laurel declined to join the rechristened raider’s crew.—
Francine Uenuma,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 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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The offensive would require more than a hundred thousand British infantrymen, and every soldier seemed at least dimly aware of what lay in store.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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Both were happy with their mission, recognizing that as infantrymen, drones could be a very integral part of their warfare world.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
13 June 2025
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The international brands all have their outposts, of course, mostly on the Via Camerelle, while Jackie Kennedy’s favorite, La Parisienne Capri, is still on Piazza Umberto.—
Richard Godwin,
Travel + Leisure,
12 July 2025
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Philippe Chow, the upscale Beijing-style restaurant out of New York, will officially open its Nashville outpost in August.—
Hadley Hitson,
The Tennessean,
11 July 2025
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The marines will not be involved in law enforcement duties, the statement said.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 July 2025
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James Kerry, a senior marine and climate scientist for the conservation group OceanCare and senior research fellow at Australia’s James Cook University, has closely followed Gigablue’s work.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
3 July 2025
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More pickets are planned at a handful of supermarkets.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
8 June 2025
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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters helped coordinate a picket effort at nine Amazon facilities in December.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Although researchers don’t know the whale’s gender, it has been seen in the area since 2013, rangers said.—
Paloma Chavez
July 2,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2025
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His short films focus on a different team of rangers fighting to protect endangered species or guarding areas around the world, and kicked off six weeks ago.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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“Commando.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commando. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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