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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

One North Korean commando, captured during a daring 1968 mission to assassinate the South Korean president in Seoul, recalls the confusion he felt when first encountering Christianity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 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

Amazon and Apple that is, rather than the 80s crack commando unit.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

My mom is like a one-woman commando unit.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

The operation, which Akar said targeted the Metina, Zap, and Avasin-Basyan regions of northern Iraq, also included commandoes who have “entered the region by infiltration from land”, he was cited as saying.

From Reuters ● Apr. 17, 2022

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

"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

First, it was desirable to engage the enemy in the centre, and so save the Boer commandoes from falling in too great strength on Lord Methuen's line of communications.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 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

But as it crossed the Channel, commandos swooped.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 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

Setting up in Cairo in May 1943, Young’s brief was to cultivate local spy networks; gather intelligence; insert agents and operatives in Greece to guide the commandos; sabotage enemy infrastructure; and prepare for D-Day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

He gave them the details and told them about the British commandos who’d be coming in by plane.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin


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