jarhead

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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. 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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Noun
  • The 10-foot marine mammal, later identified as a female Risso’s dolphin, was first spotted by a resident walking along Albert’s Landing Beach in Amagansett before dawn on Friday.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Its freshness is spiked with coastal touches of marine and driftwood, while amberwood and white musk give it a second-skin coziness.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Online calendars for reservable tours in some parks show zero availability, a casualty of losing the rangers who led them.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Photos taken by a ranger show the dark-colored fox with silver sprinkled over its face and body contrasting with the snow.
    Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Shortly after, a procession of riflemen and a statue of the Virgin Mary are paraded from San Geronimo de Taos church in front of more than 1,000 onlookers.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Consider the 1976 Entebbe operation, the raid in Uganda by Israeli commandos—and the raid in which the prime minister’s elder brother, Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan Netanyahu, was killed: the operation succeeded in rescuing 102 of the 106 hostages held by Palestinian militants.
    Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Nearly a year before Israel said its troops crossed into Lebanon yesterday, small teams of Israeli commandos began operations targeting Hezbollah tunnels, weapons depots and other sites, the official said.
    NBC News, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • British Navy personnel stationed in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea had seen how fast Arab dhows secretly armed with a three-pounder gun and a machine gun successfully defeated pirates and slave raiders.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Upon arriving at the house, the raiders were told by Mrs. Knoll that the only mash on the premises was that cooking on a small stove in the basement.
    Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The infantryman provided first aid to his comrades wounded in the Korean War attack and began helping move those men to safety.
    JOSH BOAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Acting decisively, the infantryman administered first aid to wounded comrades and helped move them to safety.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 5 Mar. 2025.

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