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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jarhead
Noun
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The marine's toddler was sitting on Wilson's lap, playing with the medals on his dress uniform, including a Purple Heart.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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He has been honored as a war hero after stepping on a landmine in Afghanistan while carrying another marine, WTAE reported.—
Kate Linderman,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Loan rangers could go private President Donald Trump wants to show Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the door.—
Quartz Staff,
Quartz,
29 May 2025
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Friendly volunteer rangers answered questions as hikers unloaded from shuttles and headed up the trail at Bear Lake.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
24 May 2025
Noun
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All districts were open to riflemen and bowmen alike.—
Ray Alt,
Outdoor Life,
27 Mar. 2025
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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
Noun
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On September 8, 2024, Israel launched Operation Many Ways, a commando raid against an Iranian missile production facility built beneath a mountain near Masyaf in northwest Syria.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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In the film, Reno plays a former WWI commando turned domestic servant whose peaceful life is upended by mobsters collecting an old debt.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Netanyahu has overseen a nearly two-year war on Hamas in the wake of the extremist group’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, during which raiders killed nearly 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals and took 250 hostages.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
30 May 2025
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After killing him, Arab raiders had stolen about a dozen cattle, including a fat milking cow.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Noun
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One reservist who has quietly ended his military service is Yair, a thirty-eight-year-old former infantryman who lives on a northern kibbutz.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
14 May 2025
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In his forties and with bad knees, Butcher was not cut out to be an infantryman.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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 11 Jun. 2025.
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