soldier on
phrasal verb
soldiered on; soldiering on; soldiers on
: to continue to do something or to try to achieve something even though it is difficult
The researchers encountered many problems but they soldiered on.
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Spoiler: not in a great spot with the Front Man revealed and the games soldiering on.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Gustavsson desperately tried to bring down Pele with a knee-high challenge, but Pele soldiered on and provided a neat dipping volley to score.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 June 2025
His former band has tried to soldier on with a replacement singer for a new album and tour, while some fans balked at the prospect of concert dates proceedinn without Tate, asking questions about the abrupt departure of a singer who’d been the face of the veteran group for the last 16 years.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 10 June 2025
While genre fiction steadily advances onto bestseller lists, realism soldiers on, amid cyborgs and dragons and boozy detectives.
—Hamilton Cain, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Gustavsson desperately tried to bring down Pele with a knee-high challenge, but Pele soldiered on and provided a neat dipping volley to score.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 June 2025
His former band has tried to soldier on with a replacement singer for a new album and tour, while some fans balked at the prospect of concert dates proceedinn without Tate, asking questions about the abrupt departure of a singer who’d been the face of the veteran group for the last 16 years.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 10 June 2025
While genre fiction steadily advances onto bestseller lists, realism soldiers on, amid cyborgs and dragons and boozy detectives.
—Hamilton Cain, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for soldier on
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“Soldier on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soldier%20on. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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