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
But he was a descendant of a Scottish soldier of fortune, George Learmonth, who settled in Russia in the early 17th century and adapted his name to Lermontov.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 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. 19, 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
But I never yet saw a bookworm that did not pale his fires before a soldier of fortune, nor a scholar that did not follow the courtier and the ruffler with eyes of envy.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
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