corporal
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Brydson, an ex-army corporal from Renfrew, was housemaster at Monken Hadley.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 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
Alicia Blevins’s husband, Nathaniel, brings home $3,200 a month as a Marine corporal at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
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
“Why don’t you lift him up and put him on the hood of that car?” a corporal standing in back of Yossarian drawled.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing corporal
Body Language: Corp ("Body")
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Julius Caesar
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"Macbeth": Act 1 Scene 7
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