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soldiers

  • plural
    of soldier.
    soldier
    noun
    a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
  • present tense form
    of soldier (3rd person singular).
    soldier
    noun
    a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.

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A war party of French soldiers and bushfighters was joined by 80 Laurentian Mohawks and set out from Montreal to destroy the New York settlement of Schenectady, more than 200 miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Mocked by some as the “Darth Vader” façade for its bizarrely helmeted Roman soldiers, the Passion façade embodies the New Testament story of betrayal, suffering and transcendence in angular, expressionistic figures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Jalale Getachew Birru, an analyst at ACLED, estimates that in early 2024, Tigrayan forces numbered around 270,000 soldiers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

It said in a further statement that Israeli civilians had erected a tent in the Qusra area earlier on Friday, "and IDF soldiers operated to remove it while protecting the local residents".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

But at dawn, more convoys of trucks filled with soldiers came roaring past on their way back into the city, motorcycle outriders waving us frantically to one side.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo