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Recent Examples of commando
Image Within minutes, waves of Hamas commandos had burst through Israel’s vaunted defenses, some in white pickup trucks, and the base was quickly overrun.
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Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
On September 8, 2024, Israel launched Operation Many Ways, a commando raid against an Iranian missile production facility built beneath a mountain near Masyaf in northwest Syria.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
In the film, Reno plays a former WWI commando turned domestic servant whose peaceful life is upended by mobsters collecting an old debt.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 May 2025
Watch out for Scorch and other commandos' many appearances as the show advances, too.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
On September 8, 2024, Israel launched Operation Many Ways, a commando raid against an Iranian missile production facility built beneath a mountain near Masyaf in northwest Syria.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
In the film, Reno plays a former WWI commando turned domestic servant whose peaceful life is upended by mobsters collecting an old debt.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 May 2025
Watch out for Scorch and other commandos' many appearances as the show advances, too.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commando
Noun
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Highway patrol video shows damage to the plane’s tail, which appears to have broken off along with other parts of the aircraft.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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But that morning, border patrol agents were spotted across the street from the Home Depot, gathering around 9 a.m.—
Rachel Uranga,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Netanyahu has overseen a nearly two-year war on Hamas in the wake of the extremist group’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, during which raiders killed nearly 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals and took 250 hostages.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
30 May 2025
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After killing him, Arab raiders had stolen about a dozen cattle, including a fat milking cow.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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The tree had long been a way marker and memory maker: a site of wedding proposals and remembrance ceremonies, a sentry in photos from one-in-a-lifetime family vacations, taped to fridges across the world.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Anduril makes everything from small drones to sentry towers used to police the U.S.-Mexico border systems to enable pilotless vehicles.—
William Hartung,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Decker was an infantryman in the Army from March 2013 to July 2021 and deployed to Afghanistan for four months in 2014, according to Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Ruth Castro.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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On some occasions, infantrymen have been stuck in their positions for weeks or even months.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2025
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Steiner Studios and the New York City Economic Development Corporation broke ground on a outpost in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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Riva has so far opened outposts in Monaco, Venice, Saudi Arabia, Paris, and, of course, Italy, but this marks the yard’s first venture in Spain.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
5 June 2025
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He has been honored as a war hero after stepping on a landmine in Afghanistan while carrying another marine, WTAE reported.—
Kate Linderman,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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The marine's toddler was sitting on Wilson's lap, playing with the medals on his dress uniform, including a Purple Heart.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Those nine figures topped the picket signs of actors and writers during Hollywood strikes in 2023.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
21 May 2025
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Traditional homes may suit a Chippendale pattern or classic straight pickets.—
Abid Haque,
Architectural Digest,
23 Apr. 2025
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Park rangers said Bils, who had been hitting balls to his dog using a golf putter, had briefly held up the club in a threatening manner while fleeing from the rangers.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Park rangers located a vehicle owned by the missing hikers, both from Ulster County, at a day-use parking lot the morning of Monday, June 2, Baxter State Park confirmed on a Facebook.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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“Commando.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commando. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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