mercenaries
Example Sentences
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A band of Greek mercenaries were stranded without provisions or protection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
There’s the coalition warfare, the mercenaries and the overseas adventurism.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Their seasoned troops, reinforced by Hessian mercenaries, faced an amateurish and poorly provisioned army of colonials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
In recent years, a United Nations peacekeeping mission, Rwandan troops and Russian mercenaries from the notorious Wagner group have helped to improve the Central African Republic's security situation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
We see from experience that only princes and republics armed with their own troops make very great progress, and that mercenaries cause nothing but damage.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
