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Roberts-Smith stepped back from active duties at the end of 2012, and formally left the ADF in 2015, shortly after receiving a commendation for Distinguished Service.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Any others, beside your demonstrating dinos, who deserve commendation?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025
The jurists are hardly due a commendation, since their previous ruling on the question was reversed 9-0 by the Supreme Court this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
He had also received a letter of commendation from police in Edinburgh after rescuing an American tourist who became stranded on Arthur's Seat.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
He easily could have turned Luke in, and gotten praise and another commendation ceremony.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Trump, on the last full day of his first term, awarded Fauci and other members of the Operation Warp Speed team presidential commendations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
She said Mr Berrill, who has received two police commendations, was in the group for about two-and-a-half months and had sent 90 messages out of thousands.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025
Inside, the walls were filled with commendations and newspaper clippings celebrating Ramos’ good works.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2025
Among his other awards were commendations from the Overseas Press Club; the National Headliners Club; the VFW’s first Gold Medal for national security reporting; and the Department of Defense medal for distinguished public service.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
Unable alone to despatch his commissions, he had his cartoons coloured by his pupils, who became, like their master, accurate, precise, and worthy of the commendations bestowed upon them by Lomazzo.
From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Luigi Antonio Lanzi
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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