sapper
Example Sentences
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As for the vast stretches of minefields still lying in front of Ukraine's counter-attack - Dill, the sapper squad commander near Bakhmut, was quietly confident.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2023
"Of course, it slows down the movement of troops," said the commander of a nine-man sapper squad with the call sign Dill.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2023
A sapper contracted a fever and realized that her wisdom teeth were coming in.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2017
The key figure in this regard is the working-class sapper Jack Firebrace, superbly played by Lee Ross, who learns by letter of the loss of his son to diptheria.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2010
He promised that we would soon have a satire acted upon the rebels, writ by the notorious wit Major-General Burgoyne, with curtain-tunes and airs by this same excellent sapper to please the crowd.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
