French Foreign Legion
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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When he heard about a supposed job with the French Foreign Legion offering $3,000 a month, he signed up, imaging a future guarding dignitaries or assisting in peacekeeping missions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
I had met the ex-mercenary in Romania's capital, Bucharest, where I had gone to investigate Asociatia RALF, which a group of UN experts say is a Romanian enterprise with "ex-Romanians from the French Foreign Legion".
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
He says he served in the French Foreign Legion, most recently in Ukraine, and that technology and artificial intelligence could be used to combat crime.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2023
The bodies of two British volunteers and a former member of the French Foreign Legion also were turned over by the Russians, he added.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2023
I see Bedouins in the Sahara and the French Foreign Legion, cowboys on the American prairie.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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