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minion

[min-yuhn] / ˈmɪn jən /


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In the documentary “David Foster: Off the Record,” he remembers sending a minion to the store to get Parton’s track; they came back with Ronstadt’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

As was the lesson of “Saltburn,” never antagonize a minion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

She was also a severe asthmatic, always followed by a "frightened minion carrying her asthma inhaler, as though it were a crown, or a sceptre of some sort".

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025

The Donna Karan reps at her New Jersey warehouse were astonished that I was the one climbing ladders and unzipping garment bags, and not some minion.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023

An angel from heaven or a minion from hell?

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

That was the cue to a swarm of Mr. Vance’s social-media minions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Unfortunately, rebuilding the agency will not be nearly as easy as it was for Musk and his minions to tear it down.

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026

If you’re wondering whether and how often your children should be vaccinated, I say you should follow the advice of your doctor rather than the mutterings of Kennedy and his minions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

It’s not just that he went on Truth Social on Saturday and ordered his minions to “not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein.”

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2025

I hated Cristiana and her spying minions, and I was furious with Hamlet for believing their false gossip.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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