Rambo
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Rambo
After John Rambo, a Vietnam veteran in the motion picture First Blood (1982) and its sequels
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Powell and Rambo wrote that Netskope fiscal first-quarter results were “decent.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
“Upon information and belief, Defendant Rambo kept those funds for personal use,” according to the lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
They actually really did see him as Superman or Rambo.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024
As if she were trying to find the voice that’s long eluded her, a voice far removed from the raspy Brando-in-”Apocalypse Now” mixed with Stallone’s Rambo that Gascón had developed for his crime lord Manitas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
I trusted my father, but wondered how his explanation accounted for Rambo and Chuck Norris, who came to the trading center that summer and created a lot of controversy.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
Because we cannot see what these warriors do on our behalf and in our name, we make cultural cartoons of them — Rambos and video game avatars.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
Within a few blocks, I was able to meet different version of Rambos.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2021
Stallone, the star of six Rockys and four Rambos, said he hoped The Expendables would be back and that he had little appetite for serious drama.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2010
In its day, Carolco Pictures was the producer of such juggernauts as Basic Instinct and a brace of Rambos.
From Time Magazine Archive
My trees are in mixed plantings; Maiden's Blush are surrounded by Pippins and Rambos.
From The Apple by Various
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