corporal
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With his older brother John, he ran a school, having left a previous teaching post from a disinclination to administer corporal punishment.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
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
A 96-year-old former RAF corporal who left school when he was 14 has become the oldest contestant in Countdown history.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
He damned the rain until the words were a chant, and he sang it while he crawled through the mud to find the corporal and get him up before the Japanese saw them.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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Body Language: Corp ("Body")
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