foot soldier

Example Sentences

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Kudryashev said a commander dispatched him and another foot soldier with the goal of reaching a point in a forest near Kreminna in eastern Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Speaking about the Mind Flayer, he says, “If the Demogorgon was just his foot soldier, Vecna’s his five-star general.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

"He was an enthusiastic foot soldier in that conspiracy," Erik Kenerson, a prosecutor, told the judge on Friday.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023

He added that he attended the conference as a "foot soldier and spear carrier of the Conservative Party, purely in a supportive role to remind the world of what we did in Glasgow".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2022

Then there were another 20,000 unpaid rank-and-file members, many of whom wanted nothing more than an opportunity to become a foot soldier.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt