soldier of fortune
Example Sentences
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In 2003, a soldier of fortune pursues enigmatic gambler Stanley Glass through ersatz Venetian canals of Las Vegas, only to stumble upon a curious book titled “The Mirror Thief.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021
In May 2013, court papers say, Joseph Hunter, a soldier of fortune, got an email from his boss.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2015
Also, seeking the Republican Senate nomination were self-described soldier of fortune Thomas Bleming of Lusk, oil company worker Arthur Bruce Clifton of Cheyenne and James Gregory of Jackson.
From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2014
Instead, we are left only with this representative Englishman who’s a boastful and obnoxious soldier of fortune.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2012
The same year came the capable Captain Smith, a soldier of fortune, who killed his Turkish task master, and whose life was saved by a Senorita, to be saved again by Pocahontas.
From Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History by Grable, F. C.
