soldier of fortune
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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
To his legions of admirers, Mike Hoare was a poetry-reading soldier of fortune who led an army of white mercenaries in Congo, freed missionaries from certain death and beat back a growing communist threat.
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2020
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
We both had an immense admiration for Francesco Sforza, the King of Condottieri, who had raised himself from a soldier of fortune to the proudest duchy in the world.
From The Making of a Saint by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
