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trooper

[troo-per] / ˈtru pər /
NOUN
cannon fodder
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In one instance witnessed by a Journal reporter in July, ICE officers in Lake Worth, Fla., snapped pictures of two Guatemalan men whom a state trooper had just stopped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper on a motorcycle pulled her over anyway.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2025

And he assigned a state trooper to escort them.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

Mr Watts later described the young woman as a "trooper" in an interview with Australia's ABC.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2024

Outside Herr Kaltenbach's bakery, a storm trooper stands.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti