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commando

[kuh-man-doh, -mahn-] / kəˈmæn doʊ, -ˈmɑn- /




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Baracus, an ex-Army commando fugitive, and as a professional wrestler with the World Wrestling Federation through the late 1980s, Mr. T is also known for his charitable contributions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Labuschagne, an ex-South African commando, founded Warm Heart Initiative in response to the clashes that followed the translocation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Now, nearly four decades after Arnold Schwarzenegger’s commando Dutch Schaefer survived his encounter with a Yautja – long before anyone knew that’s what they were called – “Predator: Badlands” makes one of them the hero.

From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2025

Amazon and Apple that is, rather than the 80s crack commando unit.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

Suddenly she thinks of Francisco Mestre, a Cuban exile and freedom fighter who launched a commando raid on Cuba in 1966.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

On the way, he connected with another retired general and a group of commandoes.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2023

In a world run by women, these daughter-retrieving commandoes would be at home.

From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2022

He and several other residents, and a security official, said Afghan commandoes had launched an operation to clear the insurgents from the city.

From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2021

"Six-hundred men - military; they had army, commandoes, Royal Air Force, bloodhounds, Anson planes - and they still failed to find the twins."

From BBC ● May 25, 2018

Trek-oxen, instead of dragging the waggons of their masters, would have had to go to feed the hungry commandoes, and the history of slow exhaustion would have had to be told.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Louis Creswicke

Video taken after Jando’s arrest shows him being escorted in handcuffs by a squad of Mexican commandos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“Whereas before, I don’t know if I’m going to get hit with some balcony assessment that these condo commandos are hiding.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

The operation took place off the southern English coast, with the commandos fast-roping from a helicopter in the dark, according to defence ministry footage released.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

Sunday's six-hour operation, which saw commandos fast-roping from a helicopter on to the tanker and was supported by the Royal Air Force, was the first of its kind carried out by UK armed forces.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

“After a forty-seven-day standoff. Also a Negro division of mounted trike commandos apparently repelled a Confederate attack at a supply station called Milliken’s Bend.”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older


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