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Recent Examples of jarhead
Mike Ferazzi lived to ride his motorcycle with his brothers, members of the Jarheads, a group of bikers comprised of, well, jarheads, Marines.
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Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2019
When jarhead coders wrote their own version of Doom II, putting players in landscapes that resembled the Iraqi desert and other likely theaters of battle, Vaughn played it day and night.
—Steve Silberman, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2002
Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2019
When jarhead coders wrote their own version of Doom II, putting players in landscapes that resembled the Iraqi desert and other likely theaters of battle, Vaughn played it day and night.
—Steve Silberman, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2002
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From academy footballers to rejection, reflection, the marines… and The Athletic Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr pregnancy: What are WSL's rules on maternity and parental leave?New York Times, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2024
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Each year, millions of tons of waste harm marine ecosystems.Matthew Emma, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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Sok, a ranger patrolling the dense forests as part of the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project, has witnessed firsthand the transformation brought by the project.Suwanna Gauntlett, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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Outdoors received grant funding from Colorado Tourism to hand out 3,500 PACT Lite kits at trailheads, ranger stations, and visitors centers across the state.Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
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These are not necessarily easy shot opportunities, so rifle setups need to be accurate and the rifleman needs to posess real skills.Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 28 Nov. 2024
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The young couple were separated by WWII in 1943, when Bennett fought as an Army rifleman in battles in Normandy, northern France and the Rhineland, according to his military records.Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
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Israeli commando units have captured high-value assets in Lebanon and Syria.Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
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Special operations forces in surveys done in 2015 and more recently, said women did not have the physical or mental strength to serve in elite commando units and doing so could hurt the units’ effectiveness and lower the standards.Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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While raiders still rampaged, the Tonkawa more than doubled the number of the city's defenders.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
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More than 800 years ago, raiders threw a dead body into a well outside a Norwegian castle.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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An Army infantryman, Charlie fought in the largest and bloodiest battle of the war, the Battle of the Bulge.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2024
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Along with the generals and the paratroopers, the pilots and the infantrymen, spare a thought for the young Irish woman who may have played the most important role of all in making the D-Day landings a success.Danica Kirka, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2024
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In this massive operation, however, Allied commanders became uncertain of the location of the doughboys of the Lost Battalion, who soon fell under attack from both enemy German artillery, as well as friendly fire from the Americans.Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
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Look at the recent backlash against pop singer Róisín Murphy, who is about as threatening a figure as the Pillsbury doughboy.Bob Guccione Jr, Spin, 20 Sep. 2023
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Hessler served in the U.S. Army as a field artilleryman for six years, retiring as a staff sergeant before serving two years as a patrol officer for the Baltimore City Police, followed by a lateral transfer to Carroll in March of 2021.Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
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During the 1930s and '40s, what was left of Indianola was turned into a major training base for thousands of artillerymen.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Jarhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jarhead. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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