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
He had been seriously injured on a commando course in January 2025 and ordered to pause and rehabilitate, but returned to duty after his recovery.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 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
Nattie came into the room with her back pressed against the wall like a commando on a black ops mission.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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