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Recent Examples of jarhead
Many training scenes Boots are intense: jarheads screaming, tough guys roasting each other.
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Nick Remsen, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2025
Mike Ferazzi lived to ride his motorcycle with his brothers, members of the Jarheads, a group of bikers comprised of, well, jarheads, Marines.
—Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2019
When jarhead coders wrote their own version of Doom II, putting players in landscapes that resembled the Iraqi desert and other likely theaters of battle, Vaughn played it day and night.
—Steve Silberman, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2002
Nick Remsen, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2025
Mike Ferazzi lived to ride his motorcycle with his brothers, members of the Jarheads, a group of bikers comprised of, well, jarheads, Marines.
—Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2019
When jarhead coders wrote their own version of Doom II, putting players in landscapes that resembled the Iraqi desert and other likely theaters of battle, Vaughn played it day and night.
—Steve Silberman, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2002
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jarhead
Noun
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Hazardous marine and beach conditions continue today as a cold front pushes through the area later this morning and Hurricane Melissa progresses northwards in the western Atlantic.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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The unidentified men were working as subcontractors at a jobsite at the Rover Street marine dock in Everett when a crane collapsed.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Check with a local ranger for special warnings.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
4 Jan. 2026
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Visitors are encouraged not to bring outside firewood to help prevent the spread of invasive pests; bundles can be purchased at the concession or ranger station.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The Marine Corps said Rubio was trained as an infantry rifleman and was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
8 Dec. 2025
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Rubio joined the Marine Corps in January, trained as an infantry rifleman and was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
6 Dec. 2025
Noun
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If investigators find that the two men underwent ISIS commando training in southern Mindanao island, that could point to a level of centralized coordination that investigators haven’t seen from ISIS in years.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
20 Dec. 2025
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Last time around, decommissioned Finnish army commando Aatami Korpi (Tommila) only wanted to be left alone as WW2 wound down.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
21 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Millions couldn’t escape the raiders on the continent.—
Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Set two-hundred years after atomic armageddon, residents of Vault-Tec’s network of luxury fallout habitats begin to explore the radioactive territory outside their shelters and discover a nightmarish world of militant factions, irradiated creatures, vicious raiders, and feral monsters.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Erickson was an Army infantryman from May 2021 to November 2024, an Army spokesperson, Lt. Col. Ruth Castro, told NBC News.—
Greg Hanlon,
PEOPLE,
15 Dec. 2025
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Rubio, from the small town near Sacramento, was an infantryman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division and had just joined the service in January.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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She’s rescued by a detachment of American doughboys, led by the aforementioned Pvt.—
Ben H. Winters,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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In this massive operation, however, Allied commanders became uncertain of the location of the doughboys of the Lost Battalion, who soon fell under attack from both enemy German artillery, as well as friendly fire from the Americans.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Nov. 2023
Noun
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Hessler served in the U.S. Army as a field artilleryman for six years, retiring as a staff sergeant before serving two years as a patrol officer for the Baltimore City Police, followed by a lateral transfer to Carroll in March of 2021.—
Thomas Goodwin Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Nov. 2024
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Tim Walz enlisted as an artilleryman in the Nebraska Army National Guard in 1981, the day after his 17th birthday.—
The Editors,
National Review,
8 Aug. 2024
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“Jarhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jarhead. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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