as in warriors
a person engaged in military service
one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed
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Recent Examples of soldiers
In the song’s video, a now familiar montage of protests and lockdown notices is intercut with shots of Mount Rushmore and soldiers waving flags.
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Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
Credit still flows to soldiers and sailors.
—Carter Dougherty, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
But Putin was not going to launch a new war against Turkey’s rebel allies just to save a petty dictator whose own soldiers were deserting.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
Four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza in the same period, with more injured, including a soldier whom the military said was severely wounded when fighters opened fire near the ceasefire line in northern Gaza overnight.
—Sam Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this week that 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed fighting Russian troops during the four-year war.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
Those Black soldiers—told by Confederate forces they’d be hanged if captured—served with distinction.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
The Israeli military said the attack was a real-time response to the gunfire that targeted its soldiers.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
The indictment says the smuggling ring included some Israeli reserve soldiers, as well as Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
Credit still flows to soldiers and sailors.
—Carter Dougherty, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
But Putin was not going to launch a new war against Turkey’s rebel allies just to save a petty dictator whose own soldiers were deserting.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
Four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza in the same period, with more injured, including a soldier whom the military said was severely wounded when fighters opened fire near the ceasefire line in northern Gaza overnight.
—Sam Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this week that 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed fighting Russian troops during the four-year war.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
Those Black soldiers—told by Confederate forces they’d be hanged if captured—served with distinction.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
The Israeli military said the attack was a real-time response to the gunfire that targeted its soldiers.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
The indictment says the smuggling ring included some Israeli reserve soldiers, as well as Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soldiers
Noun
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Keyboard warriors sent a slew of vile and threatening messages directly to Vann or posted online.—
Jane Harper,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Seconds later, there was our reserved little boy, jumping his heart out next to a group of six-foot-something Maasai warriors.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The United Arab Emirates reportedly funded a camp in Ethiopia to train fighters of a Sudanese militia, a further sign of foreign powers stoking Sudan’s yearslong civil war.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Interim steps and broader modernization Until more B-21 bombers and F-47 fighters enter service, the study recommends several interim measures to maintain combat readiness.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Soldiers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soldiers. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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