soldier
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On the eve of D-Day, a soldier confided to the journalist A.J.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Ashtiyeh and another AFP photographer, John Wessels, were near the northern village of Aqraba where they noticed an Israeli soldier detaining a man as local Palestinians picked olives.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
In the mid-1970s, he had a recurring role as soldier Martin Gimbel in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale Farm.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Hooley's company commander in the Parachute Regiment said the 28-year-old was "a born soldier" who "had a rare gift: a deep kindness and genuine time for everyone".
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The car parked before an office building; it took both the soldier and the driver to get the sick man up three flights of stairs.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The Death Penalty Information Center says that 135 soldiers have been executed by the US military since 1916.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The letter comes as the South Korean government's relationship with Ukraine has been strained, after President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that two captured North Korean soldiers had been transferred to Seoul's custody.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
One Adigrat resident said that seeing Eritrean soldiers again was emotionally distressing: "The memories are still fresh. I was emotional myself. People are saddened to see them back again."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Israeli soldiers recovered his gun months later in Gaza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Joey’s supporters include Friends of the Lepers, American soldiers, even congressmen.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“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
Putting it down to exhaustion, she soldiered on, especially after a health check gave her the all-clear.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024
Then, after Paulo died, he soldiered under Paulo’s brother Vitellozzo.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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
“She really taught us how to be strong,” Douglas said, “to hang in there and keep soldiering on to keep trying to see the good.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2024
It suits her gift of soldiering through awkward situations with unflappable deadpan.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Let me tell you, soldiering is a lot more glamorous from the other side of the uniform!
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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