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Recent Examples of commando
Under the plan, elite commandos were to be smuggled to the Fordo site without being detected.
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Yossi Melman, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
Not long after, the rogue commandos again betrayed their employers, struck out on their own, and formed a rival cartel.
—Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
Judd Apatow produced this parody of action movies, which stars Sandler as the titular Zohan, an Israeli counterterrorism commando who moves to America to fulfill his dream of becoming a hairdresser.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 July 2025
On March 11, 1968, Vietnamese commandos overran the site in Laos with grenades and mortars, and the American men sought safety on a narrow ledge atop the mountain.
—Lauren Brensel, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2025
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Yossi Melman, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
Not long after, the rogue commandos again betrayed their employers, struck out on their own, and formed a rival cartel.
—Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
Judd Apatow produced this parody of action movies, which stars Sandler as the titular Zohan, an Israeli counterterrorism commando who moves to America to fulfill his dream of becoming a hairdresser.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 July 2025
On March 11, 1968, Vietnamese commandos overran the site in Laos with grenades and mortars, and the American men sought safety on a narrow ledge atop the mountain.
—Lauren Brensel, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commando
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Mop-up and patrol will continue where appropriate to secure and strengthen containment.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Ford dropped it from the Explorer’s retail lineup, but continues to offer it in police vehicles, which benefit from its ability to power AC and other accessories without running the engine when parked, as patrol vehicles often spend lots of time doing.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Outside what is today a parking garage, a group of Union soldiers — unarmed and asleep in tents — were trampled by horses and murdered by Quantrill’s raiders.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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The raiders kill many vault residents and kidnap her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), so the sheltered Lucy sets out on a quest to find him.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
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Aside from scouting, sending messages or sentry duty, some dogs were trained for direct combat.—
Vic Verbalaitis,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Rows of lights stood like sentries above, adorned with flat visors that guided the glow onto the action.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Twin Cities,
21 Aug. 2025
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Leon was an infantryman in the Army from August 2013 to December 2016 and served in the Texas National Guard from December 2016 to May 2021, according to Surridge.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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The objective is to take the small encampment at the base of the ridge ahead, which should be simple enough with three squads of four infantrymen.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
12 Aug. 2025
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The Mexican outpost offers over 1,000 treatments.—
Sherrie Nachman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The London banner marks the first international outpost of Plan B, the Oscar winning company co-led by Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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The former marine decided to head to Baton Rouge, La.—
Angelina Liu,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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One of her brothers, a marine, developed a massive cyst on his jaw.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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She was joined by dancers and famous drag queens, like Denali and Lexi Love, some of whom held up picket signs supporting trans rights.—
Olivia Singh,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The militancy of the B&N campaign, which involved actions including delegations, practice pickets, and a couple of walkouts, made conditions more favorable for other union campaigns to push back against their bosses.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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An Arizona Department of Public Safety ranger found Johnson about one mile north in Walnut Canyon.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Shaffer, who works at a local hotel, added the other elk had one of his tines broken, which was later picked up by a ranger and is now on display at the Mammoth Visitor Center.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Commando.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commando. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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