soldier

Example Sentences

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The parents of a missing soldier have said the failure of the Army to notice he was not on base for two weeks had "potentially" cost their son his life.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

"He's a soldier, it's in his nature to go out with mates, go everywhere, city breaks on his own, but he always comes home."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

That includes using drones for tasks that once would have required sending a soldier to the danger zone, having troops hunker down in underground bunkers, and increasing efforts to evade detection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Agus Subiyanto, the commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, told reporters that every fallen soldier will receive compensation in recognition of their service.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

One German soldier called the day’s battle “an amazing spectacle of unexampled gallantry, courage and bull-dog determination on both sides.”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman