soldier
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“Is it possible to go farther in that direction?” he asked the soldier, motioning toward Ukrainian territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
FSB agents summoned the brigade’s deputy commander for questioning, as well as a soldier who had recorded a video later broadcast by Ukrainian and Western media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
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 government has announced the identity of one dead soldier, squad leader Huynh Van Quen who fought in 1968 and whose remains were found in Le Thi Rieng Park, according to state media.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
There was a security guard who looked like he’d recently been a Special Forces soldier.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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He was killed by shellfire while going to the aid of two wounded Protestant soldiers, one of which was a young officer from Belfast - 2nd Lt Arthur Vivian Green.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
"Yes, soldiers from the Home Guard found videos from the vehicles' sensors stored in their systems," Lieutenant Colonel Per Gunnar Grosberghaugen, Norwegian Home Guard spokesperson, confirmed to AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Even after discovering the leaks, the military continued to use the vehicles until the end of the exercise due to a lack of alternatives and the soldiers deleted the videos, DN reported.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
But Ukraine's soldiers are celebrating this regained ground, the halted Russian advance and the future potential this operation may present.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
American soldiers huddle behind walls and in foxholes and see a tiny Filipino woman walk alone through the war-torn streets, her shoulders back as shells burst all around her.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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“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
Aquino said he was in pain but applied an ice pack and soldiered on through the rest of the game, which the Dodgers ultimately won, 8-5, the news outlet reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 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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A lot of front-line soldiering has to do with individual will and attitude, not body chemistry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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
With talent up and down the roster, the No. 7 Trojans have proven themselves capable of soldiering on without their star at her best.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025
He felt a man should learn soldiering from the ranks, as he had.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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