corporal
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Robert Docter, an L.A. school board member in the 1970s who successfully pushed to end corporal punishment and who sacrificed his political career trying to integrate campuses through busing, has died at 97.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Blevins, the wife of the Camp Lejeune Marine corporal, had been getting food from pantries periodically over the past few years to offset rising grocery costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025
In later years, Buhari attributed his disciplinarian bent to spending his formative years at boarding school, where corporal punishment was the norm, and in the military.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025
The former special forces corporal sued three Australian newspapers over a series of articles alleging serious misconduct while he was deployed in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012 as part of a US-led military coalition.
From BBC • May 15, 2025
A beefy lance corporal with a sledgehammer was smashing typewriters and mimeograph machines.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Body Language: Corp ("Body")
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