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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Her father and brother both served in the Russian military, the former as the commander of an Imperial Guard corps and the latter as a soldier on the front lines.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2025
Jung Kook, who enlisted as an active-duty soldier on December 12, 2023, had completed his 18-month military service with the Army’s 5th Infantry Division Artillery Brigade earlier that same day.
—Billboard Korea, Billboard, 12 June 2025
Both sides are preparing a warm weather campaign on the battlefield, where a war of attrition has killed tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line.
—Dasha Litvinova, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The comedic, exquisitely nuanced whirlwind romance between a soldier on forty-eight-hour leave (Robert Walker) and a lonely young secretary (Judy Garland) ticks tensely with the timepiece of the title.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2025
Jung Kook, who enlisted as an active-duty soldier on December 12, 2023, had completed his 18-month military service with the Army’s 5th Infantry Division Artillery Brigade earlier that same day.
—Billboard Korea, Billboard, 12 June 2025
Both sides are preparing a warm weather campaign on the battlefield, where a war of attrition has killed tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line.
—Dasha Litvinova, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
The comedic, exquisitely nuanced whirlwind romance between a soldier on forty-eight-hour leave (Robert Walker) and a lonely young secretary (Judy Garland) ticks tensely with the timepiece of the title.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
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“Soldier on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soldier%20on. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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