camp followers

plural of camp follower

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Noun
  • SpaceX builds and operates spacecraft, as well as thousands of satellites deployed in support of its Starlink satellite internet service.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • The rocket deployed operational satellites for China’s Qianfan megaconstellation, which is designed to rival SpaceX’s Starlink satellite Internet service.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Hamer signed up and, through her courage, charisma, and oratory, quickly drew ardent disciples and ruthless adversaries.
    Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
  • Josh O’Connor and Emily Blunt are his overwhelmed disciples, imbued with discomfiting powers that could be key to making contact with these otherworldly guests.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • The world premiere on Sunday – in the presence of Illumination boss Chris Meledandri and director Pierre Coffin, who is also the origin of the minions’ unintelligible chatter – kicks off one of the biggest Annecy Film Festival’s yet.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 June 2026
  • The two key attractions include the Bello Bay Cruise river rapids ride where yellow minions face off against purple minions and the Bello Bay Golf Cart Derby teacups ride.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Now, Lilith must team up with Cinderella to fight biker trolls, outrun evil henchmen, and escape the Screaming Woods.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 23 June 2026
  • Launched in early 1982, the original MOTU line-up saw He-Man and Skeletor joined by heroes Teela (at this point, the only female character), Man-at-Arms and Stratos; the morally ambiguous Zodac; and a couple of Skeletor's henchmen, Beast Man and Mer-Man.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Many today argue that those who flooded into the nation’s legislative hall were the true adherents of American patriotism.
    Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • Physics Universal Love Language, the second album by Syrian-Armenian-American singer Káryyn, is tuned to 432hz, a standard that is, according to new age adherents, more in line with the hum of the universe.
    Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Five Israeli soldiers have been killed since the truce.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • All the other Buzz toys follow suit, dropping into the playground like soldiers descending into battle, and the rest of the kids all excitedly grab one to play with.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Ditto his despicable aides and Cabinet members, his unprincipled sycophants and suck-ups.
    Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
  • Trump’s worried sycophants probably know that the details of an eventual agreement likely do not matter very much at this point.
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026
  • Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests.
    Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Camp followers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camp%20followers. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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