minion
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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
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
No time was wasted in deactivating her account, although whether that was done by Goldberg's hand or a Twitter minion is unclear.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2022
The renowned voice actor was also known for lending his piercing, squawky vocals to Jafar’s avian minion in the Disney animated classic “Aladdin,” as well as the instantly recognizable Aflac duck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
Only one cat had not betrayed me: my loyal minion, Flooffee-Fyr.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
Don’t deploy AI minions to “do the boring work” for you, as so many sales pitches argue; use it as a savant collaborator to explore uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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
So is virtually everything else about this man and his minions.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2025
Her niftiest fight sequence looks like abstract art: a stark black-and-white aerial pan of her shadow battling minions down a hallway.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
The Magnar turned and vanished back into the tunnels, and his bronze-clad minions followed hard at his heels.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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