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soldier

[sohl-jer] / ˈsoʊl dʒər /


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Paramount's "Heart of the Beast," starring Brad Pitt as a former soldier and his loyal but traumatized combat dog as they survive in the Alaskan wilderness, finished in fourth place with $7.1 million.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

The Washington Post team was honoured for telling the story of a Ukrainian soldier trapped in a combat zone for 177 days.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

One soldier who read Plato’s “Republic” asked: “What else did he write lately?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

One soldier, who was reading Plato’s “Republic,” asked “what else did he write lately?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Now that I report to the Colonel, am I considered a soldier of sorts?

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

At one checkpoint, National Guard soldiers opened the trailer and, seeing a wall of hay bales, let it pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

All over Nebraska, however, the industry soldiers on.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

In a post on X, the Florida National Guard shared pictures of a truck stuck in a flood ditch, saying soldiers "stopped, swam to the vehicle and pulled its occupants to safety".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Ukrainian soldiers can get a drone of about the same size off the ground in under a minute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

A group of Nazi soldiers came out of a side street, heading straight towards us!

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

“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

With her head held high, the Latin Grammy-winning Mexican singer-songwriter soldiered through an extended period of grief to write “Vendrán Suaves Lluvias,” including a harrowing heartbreak and the shocking murder of a friend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 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

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

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

“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

His wooden leg was at once a certificate of proof of his soldiering and a guarantee that he wouldn’t ever have to do it again.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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