soldier
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The 10-episode drama stars Liev Schreiber as Jonah Lynn, a former soldier turned homicide detective who moves to a small town in western Pennsylvania after working the tough streets of Philadelphia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The Wall Street Journal’s Dasl Yoon and a former North Korean soldier examine a smartphone that was smuggled out of the world’s most reclusive nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
By most accounts, Mladic always wanted to be a soldier.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
To add insult to Artyom's many injuries, the wounded Russian soldier in the bed opposite was paid five times as much.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Another soldier in uniform stood guard just inside this door.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The IDF says five of its soldiers have been killed in combat since the ceasefire and one contractor was killed in an "operational accident".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
As twilight settled on a hillside by the river near the eastern Ukrainian front, two soldiers exchanged wedding vows during a Slavic ritual honouring ancestors and fallen warriors.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
In the Russian city of Ulan-Ude, high sign-on bonuses and so-called “coffin money,” the payout benefits for fallen soldiers, are fueling an economic boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The post of army secretary is the top civilian leader of the US Army, directing active duty troops, along with the National Guard and reserve soldiers.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
There are soldiers everywhere nowadays and he said it would be safer for us to go together.
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
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
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
A lot of front-line soldiering has to do with individual will and attitude, not body chemistry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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 might have his moments but right now he is still soldiering on," Jonas said.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
With talent up and down the roster, the No. 7 Trojans have proven themselves capable of soldiering on without their star at her best.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025
It was one of those things that gave you a false feeling of soldiering.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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