doughboys

Definition of doughboysnext
plural of doughboy

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Noun
  • This brings the total to five Israeli soldiers killed in southern Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah reignited after the militant group fired rockets into Israel on March 2.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Nineteen people have died in Israel, while four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Lebanon.
    Farnoush Amiri, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Fans became zealous cultural foot soldiers, streaming, voting and building global communities on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter.
    Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
  • His two foot soldiers now riddled with bullets had bombed the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson on a foggy night nine months earlier and were en route to bomb a Jewish leader’s home when police gunned them down.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Doughboys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doughboys. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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