mercenary
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Characterizing the outrage that followed as a strategic error feels a little mercenary.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
It’s just we need wiser, smarter, better leaders, who are, frankly, less mercenary.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
"They didn't stamp our passports," a mercenary told the rights group, describing his journey through the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Russia's mercenary Wagner Group, which had been fighting with Malian forces against jihadists since 2021, ended its involvement in June 2025.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
Later, it would be said, they turned into the band of swords- women who were a mercenary army.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
"We're not mercenaries," he said in a 2021 interview, describing himself as pursuing "a burlesque form of pacifism."
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
There’s the coalition warfare, the mercenaries and the overseas adventurism.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
In recent years, a United Nations peacekeeping mission, Rwandan troops and Russian mercenaries from the notorious Wagner group have helped to improve the Central African Republic's security situation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
The HRW report also says munitions belonging to the UAE armed forces were found after the capture of Colombian mercenaries inside Sudan.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Greek mercenaries, of course, expected to be paid in coin, not sheaves of wheat.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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