as in laborers
a person who does very hard or dull work
he's been a foot soldier for several environmental organizations over the years
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Recent Examples of foot soldiers
Kingsnorth’s break with the green movement, after years of being one of its most visible foot soldiers, cost him.
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Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foot soldiers
Noun
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This film exposes the harsh contrast between the lives of people who enjoy cutting-edge technology in Silicon Valley and the laborers in the Global South who teach the machines to see.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
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Finding enough workers to fill open landscaping positions has long been a struggle, even when firms can bring in foreign laborers.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Military members, along with all other federal workers, typically receive back pay after shutdowns end.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Instead, authorities will have to interview other workers who were not there and who may offer insight into the conditions, Chittum said.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Foot soldiers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foot%20soldiers. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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