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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the troops on board were trained and fully equipped parachutists.
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However, some years would pass before selected commandos were trained as parachutists.
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Mr Claridge is seen here on the lower parachute ... standing on his shoulders is parachutist John Boxall.
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Nine other people were slightly hurt and parachutist Chris Lomax suffered arm and leg injuries.
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Read in studio A coroner has paid tribute to a parachutist who sacrificed his own life to save a colleague.
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Since then it had been discovered that one could be a parachutist and live.
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The parachutist was examined at Eden Hospital in Castro Valley and released.
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The man behind the anniversary jump is veteran parachutist Geoffrey Holmes from Henley-on-Thames.