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Recent Examples of commando
The Moon's Joint Army unleashes soldiers while an elite commando unit from Earth called VC3 Squad, led by Jack, infiltrates undercover to wipe out the rebel faction known as the Moon Chains.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
This week, Finnish commandos boarded an oil tanker that officials suspect had cut through vital underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, including one that carries electricity between Finland and Estonia.
—Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
In the past, Israel has carried out commando operations deep inside Lebanon to kidnap or kill Hezbollah and Palestinian officials.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
But the 2019 clash, and an earlier 2016 raid by Indian commandos across the Line of Control after a militant attack on one of their Jammu and Kashmir headquarters, demonstrated that retaliatory strikes need not escalate to nuclear exchange.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
This week, Finnish commandos boarded an oil tanker that officials suspect had cut through vital underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, including one that carries electricity between Finland and Estonia.
—Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
In the past, Israel has carried out commando operations deep inside Lebanon to kidnap or kill Hezbollah and Palestinian officials.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
But the 2019 clash, and an earlier 2016 raid by Indian commandos across the Line of Control after a militant attack on one of their Jammu and Kashmir headquarters, demonstrated that retaliatory strikes need not escalate to nuclear exchange.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commando
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The issue comes as China increases patrols by its heavily armed coast guard near the Japan-administered, Beijing-claimed Senkaku Islands, drawing stern rebukes from the U.S. ally.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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There has been a noticeable decline in poaching since regular patrols were performed in the park, officials said, and this work is evident through both male and female deer appearing on the cameras.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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Remote raids will continue for both features permanently following their introduction, and in-person Max Battle raiders will now earn more Premier Balls and XP than before.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Gus Jaubert, a Frenchman who cooked for Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate raiders, supposedly fed hundreds at these events and became known as the father of Kentucky burgoo (his kettle pots are still on display at Buffalo Trace Distillery).—
Brian Bennett,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Occasionally, gang members would come rushing in and that’s when auto sentry guns would be useful.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
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One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos.—
Sofia Giannuzzi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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In his forties and with bad knees, Butcher was not cut out to be an infantryman.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Dmytro, a 35-year-old infantryman with a concussion, was evacuated to the 33rd Mechanized Brigade’s aid point one recent night.—
Olha Konovalova,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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This international folk horror co-production stars Odessa Young as Eva, a widow struggling to survive in a bleak 19th century fishing outpost in the Arctic.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
9 May 2025
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China currently maintains two overseas military outposts, one located in Djibouti near the Red Sea and another located in Cambodia on the South China Sea, which opened last month.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
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Parking for 12 rides and a private dock give both auto and marine enthusiasts a little more to swoon over.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
20 May 2025
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The search for the victim was expected to continue on Monday with the arrival of a state police marine unit, the outlet added.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
5 May 2025
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From 1910 to 2001, the Liberty Crest Apartments were known as the Lorton Reformatory, a prison in Lorton, Virginia that housed inmates from Washington, D.C. It is more widely known as the site where many suffragists were held after the Silent Sentinels pickets at the White House in 1917.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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More than 400 of the 600 unionized workers took part in the pickets at the distributor’s Hunts Point headquarters on E. 149th St. in the Bronx and at other facilities owned by the company on Metropolitan Ave.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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But those devices are not always 100% effective, rangers said.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Hernandez was escorting Pino to the ranger station, where the injured passengers were taken.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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“Commando.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commando. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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