soldier
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At one point, Burnham stopped to play some chords on a guitar next to a Ukrainian soldier in the back of a soundproofed van, an AFP photographer saw.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Police said the soldier was on the bridge at the time of the collision, but was not in the car or hit by it, yet entered the water "within minutes" of it happening.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Police are investigating whether the incidents are linked to the soldier entering the water.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Since she was raised to be a good soldier, she took it all in stride.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
‘Don’t try to be clever!’ the soldier shouts.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya, 41, has dismissed more than 170 soldiers for "desertion", including a colonel who helped him seize power in a coup in 2021.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
That procedure, they argued, would result in “Christa involuntarily reliving the worst moments of her life, much like traumatized soldiers when they return from a war zone.”
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Will Harry, who served in Afghanistan, be offered a role in the Remembrance Sunday events for fallen soldiers this November?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
During World War II, 17 homesick soldiers stationed in the South Pacific wrote a letter home to Long Beach, which appeared on the front page of a 1945 edition of the Press-Telegram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
I even deliberately looked two soldiers in the eye as I walked past them.
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
She could barely walk, but soldiered on with a smile for the photographers.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 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
But he had soldiered on the job and the place was deserted.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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
He’s a Samaritan scofflaw, soldiering on inside an almost entirely vacated neighborhood next door to the Getty Villa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
The race was an all-day affair, heat upon heat of anxious and eager adolescent boys soldiering on through wobbly wheels, broken axles, driver error, parental disappointment, and photo finishes.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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