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corporal

[kawr-per-uhl, -pruhl] / ˈkɔr pər əl, -prəl /


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But, he adds, there is a "spectrum" of schools, with some incorporating psychotherapy for students and training for parents, or disciplining staff who carry out corporal punishment.

From BBC Dec. 11, 2025

Banning corporal punishment also had been a primary demand of student and teacher activists who took part in widespread Latino student walkouts from L.A. schools in 1968.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2025

Alicia Blevins’s husband, Nathaniel, brings home $3,200 a month as a Marine corporal at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 8, 2025

A 96-year-old former RAF corporal who left school when he was 14 has become the oldest contestant in Countdown history.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2025

A corporal said stiffly, “Yes, sir, General, sir.”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara




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