The junior analyst felt like a pawn in the merger negotiations between the two firms.

那位初級分析師覺得自己只是兩家公司合併談判中的一顆棋子。

Customers should not become pawns in the dispute between the airline and its pilots' union.

顧客不應該成為航空公司與機師工會糾紛中被利用的棋子。

She refused to be used as a pawn in her manager's attempt to win the budget battle.

她拒絕在經理爭取預算的角力中被當成棋子利用。