foot soldier

Example Sentences

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James Scobie KC, representing Lavrynovych, said he was a "complete and utter foot soldier" and "fodder for this type of infiltration".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Friend of AI: Iraklis Pappas, global head of AI at Colgate-Palmolive, is a foot soldier in an increasingly high-stakes battle taking place across American corporations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

"He was an enthusiastic foot soldier in that conspiracy," Erik Kenerson, a prosecutor, told the judge on Friday.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023

Bao Ninh wrote perhaps the saddest, most agonizing account of the Vietnam War, in which he narrowly survived as a North Vietnamese foot soldier, in “The Sorrow of War.”

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022

Then there were another 20,000 unpaid rank-and-file members, many of whom wanted nothing more than an opportunity to become a foot soldier.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt