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

The first is his deep understanding of India’s grass roots, developed over decades as a foot soldier and evangelist of the Hindu right.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023

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