mercenary

Example Sentences

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A 26-year-old basketball mercenary at his fifth school, Baker-Mazara is the average age of an NBA player.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

Last November, the South African government said it had received distress calls from the group of men who had joined mercenary forces in the conflict.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

The source identified the security crew as Aleksander T., 34, and Maksim D., 40, adding that the latter was a former police officer who had worked for Russian mercenary group Wagner.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Those glimpses of humanity had a way of rendering the mercenary atmosphere in the tent city incredibly disorienting—almost unreal.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

How fitting, I thought, that the villain had found a position as a mercenary soldier, paid to protect Claudius and fight his battles.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein