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Recent Examples of Synonyms for camp followers
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These were composed somewhere far from Jerusalem, in a language that Jesus and his disciples would not have known, by writers who could not have been eyewitnesses.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025 -
The Last Supper, as per the logline, is set in the days leading to betrayal, where a gathering of disciples unravels into a web of secrets and hidden motives.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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Could there be any truth to the fan theory that Greg was hiding on the boat when Tanya killed Quentin and his minions, then fatally conked herself in the head while escaping?—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
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Elon Musk your doge minions just fired me and my colleagues at CMMI.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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When Jordan sealed its border in 2016 after an ISIS attack killed six Jordanian soldiers, most of the Syrian civilians were trapped — unable to move forward or go back through roads controlled by the Syrian regime or even move through a desert laid with land mines.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
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American, British and other Allied soldiers were much more likely to improvise and continue fighting after officers went down.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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The vlog was a success, with more than 2 million followers, generating the majority of her family's income for years.—
Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
4 Mar. 2025
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At the time, publishers had been relying on their talent to push stories to their millions of followers on the platform formerly known as Twitter.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Camp followers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camp%20followers. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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