French Foreign Legion
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Quinnell’s first two novels about former French Foreign Legion soldier John Creasy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
He asked him about his military training - it was with the French Foreign Legion, the Romanian replied.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
Jan Topic, a businessman who says he served in the French Foreign Legion and who pledged to make the country's security problems his top priority, was just behind Noboa with 18.3%.
From Reuters ● Aug. 20, 2023
Throughout “The Prose of the Trans-Siberian” are intimations of war, and a year after its publication the Swiss poet had signed up for the French Foreign Legion.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Some adventurous young Americans had enlisted in the Canadian or British armies or joined the French Foreign Legion.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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