foot soldier
Example Sentences
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Kudryashev said a commander dispatched him and another foot soldier with the goal of reaching a point in a forest near Kreminna in eastern Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Speaking about the Mind Flayer, he says, “If the Demogorgon was just his foot soldier, Vecna’s his five-star general.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
"He was an enthusiastic foot soldier in that conspiracy," Erik Kenerson, a prosecutor, told the judge on Friday.
From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023
The first is his deep understanding of India’s grass roots, developed over decades as a foot soldier and evangelist of the Hindu right.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023
With his bishop, he took a straggling foot soldier.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
