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
“If they need more cannon fodder, that is what they’ll be doing,” he said.
From Washington Times • Nov. 13, 2022
The “partial mobilization” of reservists turns out to be a desperate grab for cannon fodder.
From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022
They are cannon fodder; mere pawns in the game of nations, moved about by one who sits in the sun and serves the devil.
From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Holt, Mathew Joseph