cannon fodder
Example Sentences
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Remember, the Revolutionary Guard was founded to provide cannon fodder during the Iraq-Iran War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
Brenda Doherty: 'My mummy was not cannon fodder'
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023
So you are on the side of Mario, not Donkey Kong; the lone gunslinger, not the cannon fodder in the hallways.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023
“If they need more cannon fodder, that is what they’ll be doing,” he said.
From Washington Times • Nov. 13, 2022
The wily Austro-Hungarians regarded the Serbs as cannon fodder in the attrition war against the Russians and the Turks.
From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Vaknin, Samuel