commandos

Example Sentences

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TV footage showed police commandos in fatigues entering the Senate building in Manila early on Wednesday evening, with anti-riot policemen with shields and helmets surrounding the perimeter.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Maduro, 63, and wife Cilia Flores have been held in a Brooklyn jail for almost three months after American commandos snatched the pair from their compound in Caracas in early January.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

A bunch of green onions left half-charred on the grill outside one of the smaller cabins suggested the arrival of the Mexican commandos coincided with a carne asada cookout.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Minutes later we are rushed away as the commandos prepare to set the lab alight – destroying the crop, and the chemicals.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

“After a forty-seven-day standoff. Also a Negro division of mounted trike commandos apparently repelled a Confederate attack at a supply station called Milliken’s Bend.”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older