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Recent Examples of commando
The ongoing collaboration, now in its second sponsorship, is an extension of Panerai’s maritime heritage, forged through its creation of high-precision timepieces for the Italian Navy’s underwater commandos.
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Jennifer Lee, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
The military adding these troops suggests that the ground operation in Lebanon has exceeded limited commando raids.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
The official said there were limits to what the small teams of special forces — usually between 20 and 40 commandos — were able to achieve in terms of destroying the threat from Hezbollah and that’s why larger forces were ultimately ordered to cross the border yesterday.
—NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Mexican commandos captured and arrested them, and from the wreckage, removed 132 industrial trash bags, weighing around 4 tons.
—Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
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Jennifer Lee, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
The military adding these troops suggests that the ground operation in Lebanon has exceeded limited commando raids.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
The official said there were limits to what the small teams of special forces — usually between 20 and 40 commandos — were able to achieve in terms of destroying the threat from Hezbollah and that’s why larger forces were ultimately ordered to cross the border yesterday.
—NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Mexican commandos captured and arrested them, and from the wreckage, removed 132 industrial trash bags, weighing around 4 tons.
—Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commando
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At that point, the department planned to test the pilot during two patrol shifts.Serena Lin, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The pursuit wound its way through crowded streets in the middle of the afternoon According to the complaint, a uniformed patrol officer spotted the Chevrolet Trax near North 17th Street and West Vliet Avenue around 2:30 p.m. June 20.Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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There are seven factions to choose from including undead space raiders, killer clowns and cybernetic marauders.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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But after her vault is invaded by raiders and her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan) is kidnapped by Lee Moldaver — also known as the Flame Mother — she’s forced to brave the surface for the first time to find him.Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
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Three-story red brick buildings stand like sentries and slides and swings adorned the front yards of nearby homes.Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Paramount has the usual range of lollipop trees and box spirals, which stand like sentries at front doors in London’s more expensive neighborhoods.Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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About 3,000 Union infantrymen approached, put out the conflagration, and then fired on the Rangers.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Mar. 2024
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Viktor, the infantryman, ducks his head under a canopy of camouflage netting and looks up at the brightening sky.Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
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That was the directive given to Hannes Peer when designing The Manner, a new Manhattan hotel and the first outpost of an ultra-luxurious concept from the hospitality group Standard International.Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 19 Nov. 2024
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The location is also home to the first outpost of Café Utopia Drei Berge, the culinary offshoot of the luxurious Swiss mountain retreat Drei Berge Hotel that Touhami bought and revamped last year out of his passion for mountains and hiking.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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Lifeguards and marine conservation organizations have been advocating for the stingray shuffle as a standard safety practice, emphasizing its role in mitigating human-marine animal interactions, yet it is not known by all.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Crews were notified of the fire just before 9 p.m. after fire department officials returning from nighttime marine training noticed smoke billowing from the residence at 1681 Main St., according to Fire Chief Jermaine Atkinson.Richard Chumney, Connecticut Post, 28 Sep. 2024
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She was relentlessly attacked and ridiculed on social media and on picket signs.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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National Association of Letter Carriers NWI Southshore 580 joined many other letter carrier locals on Oct. 14 by hosting an informational picket outside the Old Lake County Courthouse to spread the word since Post Office workers by law are not allowed to strike.Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 15 Oct. 2024
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The drowning of a Voyageurs National Park ranger last month underscores the danger.Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 2 Nov. 2024
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But a national park ranger in Montana says that Sheehy actually shot himself at a park in the state in 2015.Stephen Neukam, Axios, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Commando.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commando. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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