henchman
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Vincent Walsh steals every scene he’s in as Sweeney’s henchman Eddie Breen, a lethal type with a brogue, slouch cap and his mouth half open most of the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper’s Beadle Bamford, the judge’s henchman, has a malicious ebullience all his own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
His henchman Stephen Miller does know how to produce a florid turn of phrase, doesn't he?
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025
But one of the film's best and most understated performances comes from Yura Borisov as Igor, a tough but kindly henchman who works for Toros.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
“I’m leaving. Your henchman has terrified me completely. I shall never make the mistake of even passing by this vile pigsty.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his henchmen aren’t about to flee to Moscow or the holy city of Najaf, Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
As Starky, one of the villain's henchmen, he will have to put up with a bit of booing, but "I can handle that", he added.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
And it is all being fed by sycophants and henchmen who have created a self-reinforcing feedback loop.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2025
Gunn has sarcastically tried to make the place look cheery — Luthor’s henchmen are dressed in mismatched Hawaiian shirts — but the sequence might give you the shivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
What would happen to Kievan Rus’ as a nation if only the tsar and his henchmen could use magic?
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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