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
The Galactic Emperor’s top henchman and the freedom fighter Luke Skywalker were related?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
He landed the part of a henchman working for Robbie Coltrane's Russian gangster character.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2025
His loyal henchman Meadows naturally denies that he ever said those things.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 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
In her texts, she described how she feared one of al-Millah's henchmen, whom she called "Abdulah".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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
Instead, he’ll turn to his pool of henchmen and try to browbeat them through Senate confirmation.
From Slate ● May 31, 2025
She stopped an arm's length away and said, “I never introduced myself. Vasilisa Tsarevna, the heir to the throne of Kiev, no matter what my father’s henchmen think.”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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