  In this paper, we construct degenerate soliton solutions (which preserve
$\cal{PT}$-symmetry/break $\cal{PT}$-symmetry) to the nonlocal Manakov system
through a nonstandard bilinear procedure. Here by degenerate we mean the
solitons that are present in both the modes which propagate with same velocity.
The degenerate nonlocal soliton solution is constructed after briefly
indicating the form of nondegenerate one-soliton solution. To derive these
soliton solutions, we simultaneously solve the nonlocal Manakov equation and a
pair of coupled equations that arise from the zero curvature condition. The
later consideration yields general soliton solution which agrees with the
solutions that are already reported in the literature under certain specific
parametric choice. We also discuss the salient features associated with the
obtained degenerate soliton solutions.
