as in laborer
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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ActBlue’s involvement with the Floyd riots extends beyond fundraising for its foot soldiers.
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Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Mar. 2025
At present this may rely on the makeshift approach of using foot soldiers to move FPVs into position, but more sophisticated solutions are probably not far away.
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—David Hambling, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
This low-tech approach of having foot soldiers transport drones into action is a rare example of how drones can favor the offense rather than defense.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Many of his foot soldiers are young software engineers with no government experience who have parachuted into federal agencies seeking to overhaul or even dismantle them.
—Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Mar. 2025
At present this may rely on the makeshift approach of using foot soldiers to move FPVs into position, but more sophisticated solutions are probably not far away.
Follow me on Twitter.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
This low-tech approach of having foot soldiers transport drones into action is a rare example of how drones can favor the offense rather than defense.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Many of his foot soldiers are young software engineers with no government experience who have parachuted into federal agencies seeking to overhaul or even dismantle them.
—Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for foot soldier
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“Foot soldier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foot%20soldier. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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