soldier on
phrasal verb
soldiered on; soldiering on; soldiers on
: to continue to do something or to try to achieve something even though it is difficult
The researchers encountered many problems but they soldiered on.
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Beyond its vast resources, CFA has thousands of soldiers on the ground executing its mission by bullying the small group of Jewish professors into submission.
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Mark Pinkert, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
One of Marcinko's specialties was training CIA operatives and soldiers on how to survive harsh imprisonment and torture.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
After months of fighting along parts of the Western Front in World War I, soldiers on opposing sides left the trenches to sing, retrieve the dead and share a moment of humanity before returning to the industrial warfare from which many of them would never return.
—Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 20 Dec. 2025
But producers, presenters and winners soldiered on with few hitches.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
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Mark Pinkert, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
One of Marcinko's specialties was training CIA operatives and soldiers on how to survive harsh imprisonment and torture.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
After months of fighting along parts of the Western Front in World War I, soldiers on opposing sides left the trenches to sing, retrieve the dead and share a moment of humanity before returning to the industrial warfare from which many of them would never return.
—Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 20 Dec. 2025
But producers, presenters and winners soldiered on with few hitches.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Soldier on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soldier%20on. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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