soldier
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Since she was raised to be a good soldier, she took it all in stride.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Worker Akopyan, a former soldier, tried to remain outwardly calm.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
One half would be kept with the soldier, while the other would be sent to German army authorities, which tracked German military casualties and would notify relatives of soldiers' deaths.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The decision was a fortuitous one, for Grossman’s work as a correspondent in the Soviet Union’s epic struggle against Germany would far exceed anything he might have accomplished as a soldier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
As a soldier, Washington had established a reputation for strict discipline among his troops.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
At the time, they said the event would be similar in scale to previous years, with about 18,000 South Korean soldiers participating.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
"The settlers come in freely into my house and they're not doing anything," he said of the soldiers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
During World War 2, the military created a training film to help soldiers who may be dealing with "combat irritability".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The U.S. military has grounded its Apache helicopters after two soldiers were killed near Fort Hood, Texas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“How good to see you again. I know why you have come. I think perhaps we should talk privately, don’t you? But first, perhaps…your soldiers, their rifles, they are frightening the children.”
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
“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
The third Test was a difficult night, but he soldiered on.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
Three-finger Tom knew about these things, as he’d soldiered under the old king nearly thirty years ago.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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
An accomplished journalist for a New Yorker-style publication with a specialty in culture and race, he’s a lapsed Muslim, unattached and mourning his late father but soldiering on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
For Haley, who is soldiering along in South Carolina, it is still being decided.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
“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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