foot soldier
Example Sentences
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Friend of AI: Iraklis Pappas, global head of AI at Colgate-Palmolive, is a foot soldier in an increasingly high-stakes battle taking place across American corporations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 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
Allen took the bus back and forth, eager to listen to King and to keep marching as a foot soldier in the struggle for racial equality.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
