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Recent Examples of doughboy
The database also includes monuments that have disappeared, such as a doughboy — referencing the soldier outfit unique to World War I — statue that once graced Palmer Park on 111th Street in Chicago’s West Roseland neighborhood.
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Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021
Two doughboy statues on either side of the Confederate monument were targets later.
—Kyle Whitmire, al, 1 June 2020
At Funston more than several thousand doughboys sickened, dragging themselves to the camp hospital or infirmaries.
—Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
Thousands of would-be doughboys and GIs were barred from service in the First and Second World Wars for failing to meet this standard.
—Charles C. Mann, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2020
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Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021
Two doughboy statues on either side of the Confederate monument were targets later.
—Kyle Whitmire, al, 1 June 2020
At Funston more than several thousand doughboys sickened, dragging themselves to the camp hospital or infirmaries.
—Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
Thousands of would-be doughboys and GIs were barred from service in the First and Second World Wars for failing to meet this standard.
—Charles C. Mann, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doughboy
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One hundred and ninety-four infantrymen were saved due to the instinctual acts of Cher Ami.Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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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
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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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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.airmail.news, airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
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The family, Louisville residents, also enjoyed some pizza and crab dragoons from the food trucks.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 Apr. 2024
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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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Professional officers are not, in fact, dependable foot soldiers because their allegiances lie elsewhere: with the constitutional regime or with the armed forces as an institution.Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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The photograph depicts a foot soldier in an insurgent religious movement trying to storm the halls of American power.John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
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Now the soldiers and horses have been rehearsing for months, with bands playing and cannons firing, to prepare them for the pomp and circumstance of a president’s funeral, said Maj. Wes Strickland, a spokesman for the Old Guard.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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When the soldiers, instead of rising up, jeered at him, Mishima killed himself in the classic samurai fashion: performing hara-kiri, or seppuku (as the Japanese more commonly call it), by plunging a sword into his abdomen before a uniformed disciple sliced his head off.Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Instead of facing what Alondra is saying, Yasmin strides out of the room and instructs Henry Muck’s footman to fire the secretary.Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
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Bennett gained some experience at Buckingham Palace as a part-time footman (a lower-ranking role) before quitting the force.Peter Rubin, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024
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Assigning an employee grunt work is not delegating.Terina Allen, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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But not before the North Node of Destiny enters your sixth house of health, routine, and day-today grunt work as of January 11.Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Doughboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doughboy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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