toadies

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Like the most treacherous toadies from literature — Iago, Wormtongue, Tywin Lannister — Miller managed to shove aside rivals to latch onto his master’s ear and guide him toward more evil.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

The heads of those places have been fired or have stepped down, sometimes replaced by crypto industry toadies.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

So how will the "usual suspects", the "softies", the "newbies" and the "toadies" shake down?

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

It skewers not only those who preach morality while practicing alternatives, but also the toadies and dupes who keep people like that in power.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

As for her tart retorts, terrifying to bores and toadies, they only amused him.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland