right-hand man
Example Sentences
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Tagliabue retired in 2006, when he was replaced by Goodell, who had worked as his right hand man at the league office.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
A friend like no other, my right hand man, my brother.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2023
While the district attorney’s office has changed hands, Sheriff Don Barnes, who was Hutchens’ right hand man, continues to manage the department as her elected successor.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2022
You are right hand man to the deputy attorney general.
From MSNBC • Sep. 25, 2019
It was a bit of straw, the one Beck had refused and, which drawn, would have made him her right hand man.
From The Last Straw by Titus, Harold
