soldier
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"Currently there is no replacement for Syrskyi in the army," Andrii, a former front-line soldier now working in the General Staff told us.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
A US soldier is facing federal charges for using classified information to bet on online prediction markets related to the operation in January to capture former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Khalife was found guilty of spying but cleared of carrying out a bomb hoax at the Army barracks where he had been based as a soldier.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
“Putting on the Mexican jersey this time took on a different meaning,” said Leny Hernandez, 32, a businessman and former combat soldier, after Mexico’s elimination from the tournament.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
His reputation as a fierce soldier began during a hard-fought war against the Creeks, a native nation allied with the British.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Chief among the "fossils", in the eyes of some of the soldiers who responded to our requests, is Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the austere 60-year-old commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Women have been serving for decades now, including in front line roles, even if they were only legally recognized as combat soldiers in 2013.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
She said in her resignation letter last year that the leak was meant to counter a smear campaign by critics who opposed investigating soldiers during wartime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Some of the cars were towed while soldiers were serving overseas, the lawsuit alleges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
We must walk past so many armed soldiers.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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“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
The third Test was a difficult night, but he soldiered on.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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
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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
An accomplished journalist for a New Yorker-style publication with a specialty in culture and race, he’s a lapsed Muslim, unattached and mourning his late father but soldiering on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
"He might have his moments but right now he is still soldiering on," Jonas said.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
Then he spoke of his soldiering days, fighting alongside the Black Prince in Gascony and Brittany.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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