commando

Example Sentences

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"We later understood that there was a commando operation underway."

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

Labuschagne, an ex-South African commando, founded Warm Heart Initiative in response to the clashes that followed the translocation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Still, Makasi rose quickly, becoming a commando instructor training elite units.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Now, nearly four decades after Arnold Schwarzenegger’s commando Dutch Schaefer survived his encounter with a Yautja – long before anyone knew that’s what they were called – “Predator: Badlands” makes one of them the hero.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2025

“Oh, really. You have new orders from the commando, I suppose.”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver