commando

Example Sentences

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Mr. Talty’s representative commando, Helias Doundoulakis, was more Bond-like in his approach.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

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

"We later understood that there was a commando operation underway."

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 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

Hampden had assembled a crack team which—like one of those commando forces in the movies, made up of desperate fugitives, men with freedom to gain and nothing to lose—proved virtually invincible.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt