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Recent Examples of myrmidon
Backed by Republican myrmidons in Congress and enablers on the Supine Court, Donald Trump has fecklessly fined, fired, and flouted his way through his second presidency.
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Jamie Malanowski,
Air Mail,
23 Aug. 2025
The message from the leftist Democrats and their odious myrmidons in the media, Hollywood, academia, Big Tech, et al is thus: Agree with our narrative or be destroyed.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2024
In the pending merger of Sprint and T-Mobile, our myrmidons have a chance to do better.
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Holman W. Jenkins,
WSJ,
11 May 2018
OK, first of all, George III didn't have myrmidons.
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Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
20 Mar. 2014
Jamie Malanowski,
Air Mail,
23 Aug. 2025
The message from the leftist Democrats and their odious myrmidons in the media, Hollywood, academia, Big Tech, et al is thus: Agree with our narrative or be destroyed.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2024
In the pending merger of Sprint and T-Mobile, our myrmidons have a chance to do better.
—
Holman W. Jenkins,
WSJ,
11 May 2018
OK, first of all, George III didn't have myrmidons.
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Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
20 Mar. 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for myrmidon
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In an undersized team that already shares a worldview, the silicon sycophant doesn't catch the blind spot.
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Ditto his despicable aides and Cabinet members, his unprincipled sycophants and suck-ups.
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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.
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That means, of course, she’s now been phased out of her role as a factory lackey in dystopian near-future Brazil due to her age.
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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.
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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.
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Zoey Deutch wears minion yellow to the Los Angeles premiere of Minions & Monsters on June 28.
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And minions have taken over Wendy’s frosty machines with a new banana flavor.
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The other Founders had acolytes who promoted their legacy and preserved their records, but Wilson died a pariah, which kept him out of history books as the conventional narrative of the founding took shape.
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Over the years, Smith has done only a select handful of collaborations with his acolytes, such as Chvrches, the Twilight Sad, Crystal Castles, Gorillaz, and Tweaker.
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All the gold is gone, and there’s barely enough to pay her soldiers, let alone throw a lavish coronation.
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Thirty-two Cuban soldiers working security for Maduro were killed in the raid.
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Now the kids can pull up satellite images of anywhere on Earth in a matter of seconds, and yes, that's impressive.
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Post-war satellite images revealed substantial damage to these regional bases that would cost billions of dollars to repair.
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Rarely has a president been surrounded by such an array of toadies and lickspittles, operating beyond their competence in an atmosphere of organizational chaos.
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Firmly in control of the nation’s massive federal apparatus, MAGA and its Republican lickspittles in Congress have thrived on chaos.
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“Myrmidon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/myrmidon. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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