dead soldier

Example Sentences

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Ukrainian commanders said they had heard such orders from Russian commanders on phone intercepts, and even seen them in a document found in the pocket of a dead soldier that warned that the punishment for desertion was execution.

From New York Times

The Ukrainian military’s general staff gave the same name for the dead soldier, saying it was “according to preliminary information.”

From Seattle Times

“In Russia the life of a soldier is worth nothing. A dead soldier, on the other hand, is a hero, regardless of how he died. All lost soldiers can be replaced, and the number of losses will not shift the public opinion against the war.”

From New York Times

"History will certainly preserve the names of those who tried to keep silent about the trouble, and those who tried to blame the dead soldier for everything," he wrote on Telegram.

From BBC

So instead of one dead soldier, now there were two.

From Washington Post