CAMP FOLLOWERS Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

camp followers

noun

plural of camp follower

as in satellites

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SpaceX's Starlink satellites made over 355,000 collision avoidance maneuvers throughout the past year, with each satellite now dodging debris and other spacecraft on an almost weekly basis.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 July 2026
The more a workload requires coordination or synchronization between satellites, the more satellite-to-satellite latency becomes an issue.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026

Definition of satellites

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Back in his coaching career, Cruyff was one of the first managers to be obsessed with the cut of the pitch — a trait that has passed over to his disciples, most notably the exacting Pep Guardiola.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Christian Science teaches that the divine laws of Truth and Life, as demonstrated by Jesus and his disciples, continue to operate today as an eternal, demonstrable Science.

— Alistair Budd, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026

Definition of disciples

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In my view, we are no longer respected by our foreign allies, the poor are getting poorer, and his wealthy minions are getting richer at our expense.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
This iconic live-action movie features NBA superstar Michael Jordan, who is recruited by Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes, the Tune Squad, for a high-stakes game against an evil theme park owner and his minions, the Monstars, in outer space.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026

Definition of minions

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And so does Jesse — particularly the latest installment, which sees the iconic henchmen find themselves as accidental stars in 1920s Hollywood.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Now, Lilith must team up with Cinderella (Amanda Seyfried) to fight biker trolls, outrun evil henchmen, and escape the Screaming Woods on an epic quest to save the kingdom, but most importantly, their relationship.

— Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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Sloganeering was the lingua franca of what adherents referred to as the Stanley Opportunity.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
Baric worked closely with researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which many adherents to the lab-leak theory posit as the source of the pandemic; one contingent thinks that Baric might have been the creator of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

— Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

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The soldiers killed in Jordan were identified by the Defense Department as Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
With 18 deaths and nearly 100 soldiers injured, the Pentagon is also under pressure to address the impact to US troops.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of soldiers

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The sculpture included Teddy mounted on a striding horse with two lackeys walking on either side.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
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

Definition of lackeys

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