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a person engaged in military service
one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed
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On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.
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Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
The Institute for the Study of War did an analysis and found Russia is losing huge numbers of soldiers.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
In the driveway of a rundown house, two soldiers work quickly under the glow of headlamps, loading weapons from a shed into the back of a battered truck.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
American, British and other Allied soldiers were much more likely to improvise and continue fighting after officers went down.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
When Jordan sealed its border in 2016 after an ISIS attack killed six Jordanian soldiers, most of the Syrian civilians were trapped — unable to move forward or go back through roads controlled by the Syrian regime or even move through a desert laid with land mines.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
Following an artillery strike, four Ukrainian soldiers sought shelter in a private home.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
It is based on her reporting about the murder by Salvadoran soldiers of more than 1,000 civilian residents of the village of El Mozote in 1981, and the return of survivors years later.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
The Institute for the Study of War did an analysis and found Russia is losing huge numbers of soldiers.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
In the driveway of a rundown house, two soldiers work quickly under the glow of headlamps, loading weapons from a shed into the back of a battered truck.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
American, British and other Allied soldiers were much more likely to improvise and continue fighting after officers went down.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
When Jordan sealed its border in 2016 after an ISIS attack killed six Jordanian soldiers, most of the Syrian civilians were trapped — unable to move forward or go back through roads controlled by the Syrian regime or even move through a desert laid with land mines.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
Following an artillery strike, four Ukrainian soldiers sought shelter in a private home.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
It is based on her reporting about the murder by Salvadoran soldiers of more than 1,000 civilian residents of the village of El Mozote in 1981, and the return of survivors years later.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Soldiers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soldiers. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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