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Recent Examples of myrmidon
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.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 11 May 2018
OK, first of all, George III didn't have myrmidons.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 20 Mar. 2014
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.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 20 Mar. 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for myrmidon
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But Trump has been less interested in ideology and more attracted to a politics of personal grievance, one that rewards sycophants and punishes critics.Brent Lang, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
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Other influencers, such as the Trump sycophant Laura Loomer, have urged their followers to disrupt the disaster agency’s efforts to help hurricane victims.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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The first principle of Chavismo, the movement created by Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez, is that Chavistas are locked in a permanent struggle with the imperialist United States and its lackeys in the Venezuelan oligarchy.Ivan Briscoe, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2019
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Long dismissed as a lackey or a laughingstock (thanks to his looks and his limp), the former driver turned factory manager spots an opportunity where others only see catastrophe.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
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Around 90 percent of Thessaloniki’s Jewish population was killed by the Third Reich’s henchmen, which accounted for roughly a third of the city’s total population.George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the passenger cab, the front fascia is made up of a steel and gold topographic map of the Furka Pass, where Bond played cat and mouse with Goldfinger and his henchman Oddjob.David Szondy, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2024
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Step aside Disney princesses, vampires and minions – another Halloween costume may have joined the list of most popular getups for 2024: Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow.Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2024
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The MacGuffin that causes Knull’s generic, interstellar cockroach minions to hunt down Venom/Brock on Earth is a lifeforce-slash-tracking-device known as the Codex.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
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Nevertheless, Hazen and Wong seem to be gaining acolytes in other fields.Paul Voosen, science.org, 1 Nov. 2024
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Lila activates her own acolyte by locking eyes with Antonio.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
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The memorial pays tribute to the 19 special ops soldiers and Navy SEALS killed during Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan in 2005, including Cupertino residents Matt Axelson and James Suh.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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That keeps casualties low, even in a land war, which is usually very deadly for soldiers and civilians.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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The latest iteration of Venezuela’s long-running crisis began after the head of the National Electoral Council, a Maduro apparatchik, declared him the victor on July 29th, with fifty-one per cent of the vote to forty-four per cent for González.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is a laconic apparatchik who lacks the imagination to deal with complicated situations.Eric Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2023
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Ukraine, the United States, NATO, and open-source satellites may not be able to differentiate whether Russia is transporting warheads for maintenance or security—or to a military base from which they might be launched.William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Conventional metal satellites create aluminum oxide particles during re-entry, but wooden ones would just burn up with less pollution, Doi said.Reuters, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Myrmidon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/myrmidon. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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