Ashitaka worries that San will throw herself at a problem like cannon fodder.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/protective-anime-husbandos/

“Because they’re often being used as cannon fodder this really could stir up some of these historic divisions and be something that comes home to roost.”

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10596530/putin-killed-russia-breaks-up-cia/

Definitely cannon fodder for the Battles.

Source: https://tvline.com/2023/03/20/voice-recap-did-chance-the-rapper-just-discover-the-next-whitney/

Enemies also lacked the variety and ruthless tactics of the original version, instead serving as cannon fodder by mindlessly charging towards players.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/modern-warfare-3-survival-mode-return/

Looks like while the Good Hands are getting a bit of a push, Decay is pushed down to “Good Hand” status (they don’t win much anyway, but now they’re just cannon fodder).

Source: https://prowrestling.net/site/2023/06/16/impact-wrestling-tv-results-6-15-moores-review-of-new-impact-world-champion-alex-shelley-and-new-x-division-champion-chris-sabin-opening-the-show-impact-tag-team-champions-chris-bey-and-ace-aust/

Most of all, people, especially an army whose soldiers were treated like cheap cannon fodder, wanted peace.

Source: https://spectator.org/the-murderous-soviet-union-was-born-a-century-ago/

Of course, our Ukraine War project (based on the mind-game Why-Don’t-You-and-Him-Fight?) could end pretty suddenly if, as rumored, Ukraine runs out of cannon fodder and artillery shells (despite all our assistance).

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/04/james-howard-kunstler/hows-that-war-going/

Russia doesn't have the other members of the Soviet Union nor does it have a population that is still willing to be used as cannon fodder.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-denies-ukraine-has-retaken-andriivka-ukraine-posts-video-of-fighting

Some were the original force of drunken rabble and some were cannon fodder replacements.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/strikes-on-kyiv-wound-dozens-as-ukraine-pleads-for-aid

Talk about helping the Kremlin push the question of Ukrainian self-determination further to the margins – and helping Putin recruit more conscripts to serve as cannon fodder in the killing fields!

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/24/the-ukraine-war-one-year-in-nine-false-narratives/

These young men were just cannon fodder."

Source: https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/23430001.first-world-war-hero-died-gallipoli-born-greenock/?ref=rss

This extends to various Elseworlds and alternate continuity stories, most of which relegate the Last Martian to a plot device or cannon fodder.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/martian-manhunter-status-quo-powerful-dc/

This militia group assaults the players with endless waves of cannon fodder.

Source: https://gamerant.com/gta-online-best-freemode-events/

Ukrainians have become cannon fodder for the US geopolitical goals, just as the South Vietnamese were.

Source: https://original.antiwar.com/rick_sterling/2023/01/15/beyond-vietnam-to-ukraine/

War is a big, profitable business for those who use others as cannon fodder - collateral damage.

Source: https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/23909596.remembrance-day-isnt-just-remembering-lest-forget/?ref=rss

With the next entry in the series, Gearbox has to find a different way to get fans invested, as using the old playable characters as cannon fodder for the main villain is in danger of becoming too formulaic.

Source: https://gamerant.com/borderlands-4-bl3-vault-hunter-death-bad-repetitive/