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commando

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




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Israeli air force special forces, trained to carry out commando operations in enemy territory, were also present on the base, according to one of the people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

Sri Lanka's police kennels department was mobilised to ensure that local street dogs did not attack Aloka, who was led on a leash held by an army commando.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 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

Still, Makasi rose quickly, becoming a commando instructor training elite units.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2025

The scenes speed around the world, from secret labs to commando raids to street-corner spy meetings.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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

From Seattle Times Oct. 9, 2023

The operation, which Akar said targeted the Metina, Zap, and Avasin-Basyan regions of northern Iraq, also included commandoes who have “entered the region by infiltration from land”, he was cited as saying.

From Reuters Apr. 17, 2022

"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

The trucks took up parking spaces and blew their horns and acted like turkey-wielding commandoes.

From Slate Jan. 31, 2012

It was said that the parties of rebels and commandoes of the Mexican army were hovering along the Rio Grande, ready to swoop like hawks upon unprotected Americans.

From The Mission of Janice Day by Turner, Corinne

American commandos snatched the pair from their compound in Caracas on January 3.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 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

In January, US commandos launched a lightning-fast operation in Venezuela to capture President Nicolás Maduro - a longtime ally of Cuba - and bring him to New York to face drug and weapons charges.

From BBC May 21, 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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