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corporal

[kawr-per-uhl, -pruhl] / ˈkɔr pər əl, -prəl /


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When Lai was eventually rotated out of the presidential-offices detail and risked losing access to lucrative intelligence, he recruited another sergeant and a corporal in his battalion to take over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

At the time, an estimated 7% of California districts had banned corporal punishment, although Gov. Jerry Brown had just signed a law requiring parental permission.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

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

Mr Lemon served in the army throughout World War Two, having joined in 1939 and left as a corporal in 1946.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

Simpson and this corporal named Brunner kept us covered while we mounted the chopper.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers




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