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Noun
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The latter is less of a mother to Agnes than Rosa (Kira Guloien), one of the household’s many Marthas (put-upon domestic servants).—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026 -
Her house is immense and kept in immaculate condition by her family’s servants (the Marthas).—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2026
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The staff members aren’t just part of a crew of butlers, receptionists, and cooks, but each play a role in Buahan’s enchanting story.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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In addition to a phone to reach the front desk, butlers communicate via WhatsApp to finalize dinner reservations, excursions, and fresh towel deliveries.—
Mattie Kahn,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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The young women and their cavaliers headed to L’Arc, a nightclub in Paris situated near the Shangri-La; there, the group continued their celebrations some hours later.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
1 Dec. 2025
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But, as academic mastery has become secondary to political consciousness, students are no longer being molded into informed citizens so much as into ideological foot soldiers.—
Courtney Corbello,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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Fans became zealous cultural foot soldiers, streaming, voting and building global communities on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, supreme commander of the Luftwaffe, Hitler’s second in command, and the highest-ranking surviving Nazi leader, steps out of the car, stands at attention to announce his surrender, and orders the soldiers to carry his bags.—
Alice Kaplan,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Ten Israeli soldiers have died there.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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All that maritime commerce also attracted its fair share of Viking raiders from Scandinavia.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 Mar. 2026
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Give me raiders of the lost past, any day, and forgive them their lack of footnotes.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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Women worked as domestics; men served as unskilled laborers, canal diggers and later as mill workers across the river.—
Paula Kane,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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Along with its extensive food menu, Hamlin Pub bar program will have more than two dozen beers on tap, from ales to IPAs to domestics and imports, along with craft cocktails.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The theology in such conflicts usually masks more primal power struggles and still tends to make the wars and warriors more fanatical and bloodthirsty.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2026
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The deliberate sparring during mealtime hides a palpable contempt the two warriors have for each other, further displayed as a seething hatred conveyed on Kirk's face as Chang departs back to Kronos One.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Footmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footmen. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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