a soldier who digs trenches
(in the British Army) a private of the Royal Engineers
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As for the vast stretches of minefields still lying in front of Ukraine's counter-attack - Dill, the sapper squad commander near Bakhmut, was quietly confident.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2023
George Batts, who lived in Barming, near Maidstone, Kent, was an 18-year-old sapper when he landed in France on Gold Beach in June 1944.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022
A sapper contracted a fever and realized that her wisdom teeth were coming in.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2017
Yet Kip's horror can just as much be ascribed to his role as a sapper as to his race.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 4, 2011
He promised that we would soon have a satire acted upon the rebels, writ by the notorious wit Major-General Burgoyne, with curtain-tunes and airs by this same excellent sapper to please the crowd.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
It concluded "on the balance of probabilities Sapper Morrison died of exertional heatstroke".
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2024
The late diagnosis of heatstroke "may have significantly reduced Sapper Morrison's chances of survival," the panel said.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2024
Erlick was 14 and Sapper 12 when Leifer arrived at the school from Israel in 2000 first as a head of religion.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
Meyer, Erlich and Sapper were in court for Wednesday’s brief hearing.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
A step outside broke the reel of pictures, and the Sapper Officer looked in.
From Men, Women and Guns by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
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