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corporal

[kawr-per-uhl, -pruhl] / ˈkɔr pər əl, -prəl /


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Robert Docter, an L.A. school board member in the 1970s who successfully pushed to end corporal punishment and who sacrificed his political career trying to integrate campuses through busing, has died at 97.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

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

Blevins, the wife of the Camp Lejeune Marine corporal, had been getting food from pantries periodically over the past few years to offset rising grocery costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

A 96-year-old former RAF corporal who left school when he was 14 has become the oldest contestant in Countdown history.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

The corporal picks up a book from the parlor table—a children’s book about a talking train—and turns every one of its pages before dropping it.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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