soldiering
noun
sol·dier·ing
ˈsōl-jə-riŋ 
ˈsōlj-riŋ
: the life, service, or practice of one who soldiers
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Straight-forward citizenship or even soldiering is not an option.
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
Around the country, billboards and posters glamorize soldiering.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
But that boost alone wasn’t enough to result in a hoppy pale ale; most of the beer being shipped eastward was darker porter, the libation of the British working and soldiering class.
—Tony Rehagen, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
But there is no heroism, no heart, and very little great soldiering.
—Kyle Smith, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
So the updates are mostly subtle and cosmetic, with the big 5.3-liter V-12 soldiering on for one more year ahead of six-cylinder transplant for 1993.
—Dick Kelley, Car and Driver, 8 July 2023
In this book, a distinguished Scottish historian offers a vivid, if perhaps overly detailed, account of the remarkable successes Scots have enjoyed through the centuries in science, literature, art, business, and soldiering.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
That instruction includes basic soldiering tasks like marksmanship and medical skills, along with training at platoon and company levels, and eventually larger exercises involving battalion-size units facing off against one another.
—Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
Once deployed, the troops need instruction even on the most ancient practice of soldiering: how to dig, the leader said.
—Siobhán O'Grady and Kostiantyn Khudov, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
Around the country, billboards and posters glamorize soldiering.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
But that boost alone wasn’t enough to result in a hoppy pale ale; most of the beer being shipped eastward was darker porter, the libation of the British working and soldiering class.
—Tony Rehagen, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
But there is no heroism, no heart, and very little great soldiering.
—Kyle Smith, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
So the updates are mostly subtle and cosmetic, with the big 5.3-liter V-12 soldiering on for one more year ahead of six-cylinder transplant for 1993.
—Dick Kelley, Car and Driver, 8 July 2023
In this book, a distinguished Scottish historian offers a vivid, if perhaps overly detailed, account of the remarkable successes Scots have enjoyed through the centuries in science, literature, art, business, and soldiering.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
That instruction includes basic soldiering tasks like marksmanship and medical skills, along with training at platoon and company levels, and eventually larger exercises involving battalion-size units facing off against one another.
—Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
Once deployed, the troops need instruction even on the most ancient practice of soldiering: how to dig, the leader said.
—Siobhán O'Grady and Kostiantyn Khudov, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
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“Soldiering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soldiering. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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