soldiery

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Recent Examples of soldiery The experience of secession, of war, of industrial slaughter and gallant sacrifice, of Black soldiery and humanity all reforged Lincoln into a stronger alloy. Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 Moscow is not about to waste vital resources in airpower, weaponry or soldiery on peripheral endeavors such as supporting Assad or the Mullahs. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024 That includes the activism and the soldiery. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Aug. 2022 Through Joe, an aspiring journalist, readers experience not only the throb of post-9/11 patriotism but also the tedium, camaraderie and sudden terrors of soldiery in a war zone. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 14 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soldiery
Noun
  • Two enemy soldiers are tasked with the farcical mission of guarding a middle-of-nowhere border in the remote desert.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Visitors have reported seeing soldiers strolling across the fields, a general on the back porch and the sounds of a cook who worked for the family during the war.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In an escalation of hostilities against Venezuela, the Department of Defense has recently moved some ten thousand troops into the region, mostly to former military bases in Puerto Rico.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Last year, the federal government sent hundreds of troops to Michoacan to protect lime growers complaining of extortion threats.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Soon, though, his editor had a change of heart and decided Schieffer should travel to Vietnam to report on hometown servicemen while also relaying messages to them from their families in Texas.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The manpower shortages compelled the War Department not only to rethink its policy of barring Black GIs from combat, but to cut back the number of servicemen stationed stateside, retaining only those disqualified for overseas duty by age or physical condition.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There are signs that the Russian military is repeatedly hitting the same areas to aggravate the population’s suffering.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • From there, they will be transferred to Israel, where they will be received in a military ceremony with the chief military rabbi.
    Greg Wehner , Yael Halon, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Soldiery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soldiery. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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