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commando

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




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Baracus, an ex-Army commando fugitive, and as a professional wrestler with the World Wrestling Federation through the late 1980s, Mr. T is also known for his charitable contributions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Relatively stable and prosperous, Ghana has hosted American-led commando exercises aimed at helping West African countries combat a growing threat from al Qaeda and Islamic State militants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 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

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

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

In a world run by women, these daughter-retrieving commandoes would be at home.

From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2022

Dozens of U.S. commandoes landed outside Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi’s Syrian hideout and warned people in nearby homes to stay inside, U.S. officials said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2022

He and several other residents, and a security official, said Afghan commandoes had launched an operation to clear the insurgents from the city.

From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2021

"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

Trek-oxen, instead of dragging the waggons of their masters, would have had to go to feed the hungry commandoes, and the history of slow exhaustion would have had to be told.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Louis Creswicke

Video taken after Jando’s arrest shows him being escorted in handcuffs by a squad of Mexican commandos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The line is like Nolan nudging his audience to say, check this out: a human pyramid of Greek commandos packed into a dark hollow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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

Sunday's six-hour operation, which saw commandos fast-roping from a helicopter on to the tanker and was supported by the Royal Air Force, was the first of its kind carried out by UK armed forces.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

I took in the spectacle: thousands and thousands of pounds of metal, a squad of commandos, bulletproof everything.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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