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as in raider
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Recent Examples of commando
Israel-Turkey relations deteriorated in 2010 after Israeli naval commandos intercepted a humanitarian flotilla attempting to breach the blockade on the Gaza Strip.
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commando
Noun
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Police officials have acknowledged in the past that patrol officers across the city are routinely tied down on high-priority calls for service.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Officer Austin Turner has been a Marietta patrol officer for close to four years.—
Katja Ridderbusch,
NPR,
26 May 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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One reservist who has quietly ended his military service is Yair, a thirty-eight-year-old former infantryman who lives on a northern kibbutz.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
14 May 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
Noun
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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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The vibrant new paintings all around us in his Long Island City studio are on view this summer, at Zwirner’s London outpost.—
Dodie Kazanjian,
Vogue,
5 June 2025
Noun
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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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Loan rangers could go private President Donald Trump wants to show Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the door.—
Quartz Staff,
Quartz,
29 May 2025
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Friendly volunteer rangers answered questions as hikers unloaded from shuttles and headed up the trail at Bear Lake.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
24 May 2025
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“Commando.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commando. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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