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Recent Examples of infantryman
The infantryman and his battalion pushed from France through the Rhineland toward Austria, facing brutal cold, sleep deprivation and days of bloody, ruthless fighting.
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Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2024
About the same time, a Missouri infantryman and musician in the home’s band fell back into the sodden embrace of booze after years of sobriety, went back to his barracks and swallowed hydrochloric acid.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
His first was as an airborne infantryman with the U.S. Army, stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson outside Anchorage.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
The infantryman provided first aid to his comrades wounded in the Korean War attack and began helping move those men to safety.
—Josh Boak The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2024
About the same time, a Missouri infantryman and musician in the home’s band fell back into the sodden embrace of booze after years of sobriety, went back to his barracks and swallowed hydrochloric acid.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
His first was as an airborne infantryman with the U.S. Army, stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson outside Anchorage.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
The infantryman provided first aid to his comrades wounded in the Korean War attack and began helping move those men to safety.
—Josh Boak The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantryman
Noun
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Was the unit’s survival due to the men’s indispensable service as Loyalist laborers and cavalrymen?—
Kinsey Gidick,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Dec. 2024
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These cavalrymen participated in the Third Battle of Winchester, a key victory for the Union.—
Jake Whitney,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Nov. 2024
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In this massive operation, however, Allied commanders became uncertain of the location of the doughboys of the Lost Battalion, who soon fell under attack from both enemy German artillery, as well as friendly fire from the Americans.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Nov. 2023
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Look at the recent backlash against pop singer Róisín Murphy, who is about as threatening a figure as the Pillsbury doughboy.—
Bob Guccione Jr,
Spin,
20 Sep. 2023
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But this former American soldier has no special plans for Thursday, when Victory in Europe, or VE Day, is commemorated, saying every day is special to him now.—
Anne Clifford,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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The vice president also pitched a hypothetical scenario in which the U.S. went to war with a foreign adversary and whether parents would like the peace of mind that the weapons used by U.S. soldiers are made within the U.S. rather than another country.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
8 May 2025
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Six plant species, including extra dwarf bok choy and dragoon lettuce, were grown on the International Space Station because of student research.—
Uma Raja,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2025
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An international networker par excellence, Zambello was staging Carmen at Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, with Chen in the peripheral part of Zuniga, lieutenant of the dragoons.—
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airmail.news,
7 Dec. 2024
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In a packed nightclub in Mexico City, hundreds of young people sang along as a band played a popular song narrating the life of a foot soldier for the Sinaloa drug cartel.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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The gang has reportedly taken advantage of a lax southern border under the Biden-Harris administration, with many of its foot soldiers swarming into unsuspecting U.S. communities.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
11 Dec. 2024
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Roki Sasaki would lift his left leg almost to his head, stretch far down the front side of the mound, and let out a grunt as a blur of white leather came screaming from his hand.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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Then, the researchers performed a statistical analysis of specific two-call combinations — such as a grunt followed by a bark — that were documented in multiple animals.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
11 May 2025
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Remote raids will continue for both features permanently following their introduction, and in-person Max Battle raiders will now earn more Premier Balls and XP than before.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Gus Jaubert, a Frenchman who cooked for Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate raiders, supposedly fed hundreds at these events and became known as the father of Kentucky burgoo (his kettle pots are still on display at Buffalo Trace Distillery).—
Brian Bennett,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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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
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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
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“Infantryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantryman. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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