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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

Alicia Blevins’s husband, Nathaniel, brings home $3,200 a month as a Marine corporal at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

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

Mr Lemon served in the army throughout World War Two, having joined in 1939 and left as a corporal in 1946.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

“Uh, we’re doing some corporal works of mercy. Mr. DeVore needs visiting.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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