Operated
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Became so famous that the Germans started calling them the Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney (Bodney being the city they operated out of).
Source: Law of Chromatic Superiority - Storm may be the only major female X-Man who hasn't operated for a significant length of time without using her codename (Psylocke has used hers pretty consistently since she got it, but started out as "Captain Britain's sister Betsy" and briefly "Captain Britain").
Source: Secret Public Identity -
Several newspaper headlines suggest that the public did not accept that the Punisher actually operated until he started leaving knives with his skull symbol on the handle behind.
Source: Weirdness Censor
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Started and Operated. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/operated/started
Operated & Started. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/operated/started>.
Started or Operated. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/operated/started.
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