Example Sentences
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In the shade of the barracks, the solders were cleaning their Kalashnikovs.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
More often than not, organizations, educational systems, companies and other systems just want good solders who do what they're told and say nothing.
From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024
They said they believed their father was the last survivor of the estimated 85,000 British, Australian and Indian solders who were captured when the British colony of Singapore fell to Japanese forces in February 1942.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
He then carefully inserts the gold wire into the needle, solders it to a connector and ensures it is electrically insulated.
From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023
He charms the druggist’s wife into giving him a broken earphone; he salvages a solenoid from a discarded doorbell, solders it to a resistor, and makes a loudspeaker.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
