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His first job, at 13, was soldering lead at a jewelry maker for 12 hours a day, breathing in the acrid fumes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

One morning she was soldering a canister full of hazardous materials, and she absorbed so much radiation that her white blood cell count dropped to half its normal level.

From Scientific American • Jul. 20, 2023

At that moment Coupeau was soldering the extreme edge of the sheet close to the gutter; he slid down as far as possible, but without being able to reach the edge.

From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile

Jake Ruggles leant over the goldsmith’s bench, put the end of his blow-pipe into the gas-flame, and impinged a little oxygenized jet upon the silver buckle he was soldering.

From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)

Antip was soldering something by the stove, puffing out his cheeks; there was a smell of burning.

From The Witch and other stories by Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich