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Recent Examples of commando
Such officers made up a new commando unit trained by the CIA, called Unit 2245, that would become known for its audacious operations behind Russian lines and overseas, according to Kondratyuk.
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Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
Ukraine has also taken the war into Russia with Ukrainian drones and commando operations against military targets and with its military incursion into the Kursk region, which the Ukrainians largely still hold.
—Serge Schmemann, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
The first was during the fall of Kabul in 2021, when Mr. Burns vowed that the 9,000 commandoes who had worked with the agency would be evacuated, along with 25,000 family members.
—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
This is shorthand for precision strikes or using commandos to take out senior North Korean officials and vital command centers.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
Ukraine has also taken the war into Russia with Ukrainian drones and commando operations against military targets and with its military incursion into the Kursk region, which the Ukrainians largely still hold.
—Serge Schmemann, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
The first was during the fall of Kabul in 2021, when Mr. Burns vowed that the 9,000 commandoes who had worked with the agency would be evacuated, along with 25,000 family members.
—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
This is shorthand for precision strikes or using commandos to take out senior North Korean officials and vital command centers.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commando
Noun
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According to a press release from the Clovis Police Department, the chase began just after 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5, after an officer on patrol near the Fowler and Alluvial avenues noticed a suspicious vehicle in the area.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Coast Guard cutter Campbell returned to its port on Monday in Newport, Rhode Island, after a patrol mission through the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean that lasted 63 days.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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What a week to revive a musical comedy about corporate raiders sabotaging the public good.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Upon arriving at the house, the raiders were told by Mrs. Knoll that the only mash on the premises was that cooking on a small stove in the basement.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Intimidating sentries patrol the streets; snipers are merciless death machines.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Nov. 2014
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Sitting in front of him was the angry sentry known as Devlin’s Billabong, named when Bruce Devlin needed six shots to get out of the pond in the final round of the 1975 Andy Williams Open.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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The infantryman provided first aid to his comrades wounded in the Korean War attack and began helping move those men to safety.—
JOSH BOAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
4 Jan. 2025
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Acting decisively, the infantryman administered first aid to wounded comrades and helped move them to safety.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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His most recent exhibition closed at Peter Freeman Inc.’s New York outpost in January.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 Feb. 2025
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Season 3 of Mike White’s anthology series, which premieres on Sunday, follows a motley crew of vacationers at a Southeast Asian outpost of the titular hotel.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Its freshness is spiked with coastal touches of marine and driftwood, while amberwood and white musk give it a second-skin coziness.—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
8 Feb. 2025
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Joseph Donohue suffered multiple stab wounds before police found him around 11 p.m. Sunday wrapped up on his vessel after his son asked for a wellness check at a marine in Charlestown, according to authorities.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Teamsters have already struck up practice pickets in Hayward, Calif., San Diego, Long Island and Sumner, Wash.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Jan. 2025
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Last week hundreds of Costco Teamsters nationwide organized practice pickets from Hayward, California, to Sumner, Washington, and Long Island, New York, the organization said in a press release Sunday.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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That one rhino is poached every 15 hours and that the rangers are losing their lives.—
David Morgan,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2025
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The parkway is typically the rangers’ jurisdiction.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Commando.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commando. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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