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soldier

[sohl-jer] / ˈsoʊl dʒər /


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In a fiction built from these narratives, Guitarrica’s Sebastian is a soldier in 1937 tasked with keeping an eye on the captured Rodríguez Rapún.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The Washington Post team was honoured for telling the story of a Ukrainian soldier trapped in a combat zone for 177 days.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

"I'm going to be a soldier at last," Fred remembers thinking.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

She has since taken a job in Manhattan with Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, organizing the same soldier events and logistics she had once navigated herself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Furiously he strode from the room and minutes later the entire squad trooped out—not, unfortunately, before the silent soldier had spied and pocketed our precious packet of tea.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Israel's military told AFP that soldiers were dispatched to Mikhmas following a report of graffiti and arson at the mosque, as well as damage to a vehicle.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The soldiers who will serve under these officers deserve leaders who have spent their college years preparing for that responsibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

It ended with a dramatic retreat the following spring, which some soldiers described as "catastrophic".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Compromised cameras include license-plate readers and security cameras near strategic sites and places where soldiers gather, including military outposts in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

How American soldiers are dying in France was told the other day by the Rev. Father F. A. Kelley, chaplain of the 27th Division, who praised warmly their devotion and courage.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

As investigators soldiered on, the global interest in the case, and the celebrity of Guthrie's daughter, likely didn't help matters, experts said.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Even during the depths of Covid, those Hot Pockets soldiered on.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

But I gamely soldiered back into the sunlight and onto the pathways that line the National Mall, each ginger step kicking up dust.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Meanwhile, the artificial-intelligence boom soldiered on, with strong performance spreading well beyond members of the “Magnificent Seven.”

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025

Then, after Paulo died, he soldiered under Paulo’s brother Vitellozzo.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

In the two months since the Strait of Hormuz was closed, many of the world’s major economies have been soldiering on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

And Snoeijs admits athletes are particularly prone to soldiering on.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

That is not the case in the United States anymore, but our financial markets had been soldiering on anyway.

From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2025

He’s a Samaritan scofflaw, soldiering on inside an almost entirely vacated neighborhood next door to the Getty Villa.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025

“Like you, soldiering was in his blood. And like you, he struggled with his destiny.”

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir


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