soldier
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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 former soldier added that he normally hikes up the mountain with clients 10 to 15 days a month.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
When his parents rejected offers to disinter and return his remains—declaring their son could have no better resting place than among his black troops—Shaw was transfigured from soldier to symbol, celebrated by poets and artists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Shawn Scott can radio a soldier sitting in an air-conditioned operations center at another end of the base, without cumbersome transmission poles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
As he handed it back, the soldier said, ‘Next year, you’ll be joining us.’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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In Milan, northern Italy, a major security operation including hundreds of soldiers alongside police prevented protesters gathering in the city.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said that elite units would be deployed to the streets—as would soldiers who usually patrol train stations and other public venues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Higazi Shawer al-Tamimi, 70, a shopkeeper who plays a leadership role in the neighbourhood, said he was awakened at 1:00 am by soldiers and a senior officer who said he had to leave.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The Israeli military said soldiers had rushed to the Judea Junction area, also known as the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint, after the early-morning shooting attack.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
She picks up the pace, and we continue to weave round the streets of Amsterdam, ducking into the shadows, zigzagging across the city to avoid being stopped by the police or soldiers.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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“Even during the depths of Covid, those Hot Pockets soldiered on.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
In the hospital, I soldiered through the physical misery of a collapsed lung.
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025
During the more recent crises, students and staff have largely soldiered through with better outcomes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
Despite their protests, all the other churches did the same with the exception of the Roman Catholics, the Seventh-Day Adventists, and the United Jewish Reform Congregation — who soldiered on without state aid.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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As the sensitive, flute-playing heir of the boorish, beer-swilling Frederick William I, the young prince had scant interest in soldiering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 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
Dismissed for 149 or soldiering on for another milestone next year?
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2024
He turned back with a handsome crested helmet in one hand, in the other an old shield coated with dust—a shield Laertes bore soldiering in his youth.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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