doughboy

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Recent Examples of doughboy Many involved great artistry, such as the doughboy statutes, but even the more simple monuments were interesting and beautiful in their own right. Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021 The database also includes monuments that have disappeared, such as a doughboy — referencing the soldier outfit unique to World War I — statue that once graced Palmer Park on 111th Street in Chicago’s West Roseland neighborhood. Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021 Two doughboy statues on either side of the Confederate monument were targets later. Kyle Whitmire, al, 1 June 2020 At Funston more than several thousand doughboys sickened, dragging themselves to the camp hospital or infirmaries. Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020 See All Example Sentences for doughboy
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Noun
  • In 2003: Qusay and Uday Hussein, sons of Iraqi dictator Sadam Hussein, were killed by U.S. Special Forces and infantrymen from 101st Airborne after a three-hour firefight in the city of Mosul, Iraq.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025
  • Travis Decker is a former US Army infantryman and staff sergeant with eight years of service, including five months in Afghanistan, according to a US Army spokesperson.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Was the unit’s survival due to the men’s indispensable service as Loyalist laborers and cavalrymen?
    Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • These cavalrymen participated in the Third Battle of Winchester, a key victory for the Union.
    Jake Whitney, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • At the Battle of White Plains on October 28, 1776, General George Washington’s soldiers were forced to retreat following an attack from a small contingent of British dragoons.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 July 2025
  • Burgoyne returned to duty as an aging dragoon captain, just in time to win fame at the cannon's mouth in the Seven Years' War, notably in Normandy and Brittany against the French, and on the Tagus River near Lisbon against the Spanish.
    / CBS News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • The event kicked off with an opening dance, before the debutantes lined up for a waltz with their fathers, who were then passed onto their cavaliers for dancing with a live band.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Opal is described as a 5-pound red/brown cavapoo — a mix of a King Charles cavalier and a poodle.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024
Noun
  • While lacking Earl’s ideological fervor, Reeves could still help his cause by finding him willing foot soldiers.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
  • Companies large and small are fighting to recruit big-name AI leaders and their foot soldiers, readily acknowledging that developing superintelligence, or AI that’s vastly smarter than humans, hinges on the work of actual humans.
    Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • In 1961: After a decree by the Volkskammer, East German soldiers began installing a barbed wire barrier through Berlin.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Jeanette Winterson, The Passion Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this lyrical novel follows a French soldier who cooks for Napoleon and a Venetian woman who steals hearts—sometimes literally.
    Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The next morning, a footman brought back an acceptance.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
  • So far, The Gilded Age’s third season delivered a near-royal wedding, two seances, a sudden death by carriage, and a rags-to-riches success story in the form of a young footman who invents a clock.
    Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • The 250+ has plenty of grunt for most of the driving normal people do.
    Chad Kirchner, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
  • Grouchy faces tend to favor grunts as their code of exchange.
    Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025

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“Doughboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doughboy. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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