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
"He was an enthusiastic foot soldier in that conspiracy," Erik Kenerson, a prosecutor, told the judge on Friday.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2023
He added that he attended the conference as a "foot soldier and spear carrier of the Conservative Party, purely in a supportive role to remind the world of what we did in Glasgow".
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2022
On the Eastside streets of Los Angeles, Ana Castro is a political foot soldier of local acclaim, known as “La del Mopeador.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
With his bishop, he took a straggling foot soldier.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
