commando
Example Sentences
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"We later understood that there was a commando operation underway."
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 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
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