slaver
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He was invited to join a group of slaver descendants confronting the past and through them, forged relationships in the country where Africans were once owned by his ancestor.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2023
The Portuguese monarchy also hired explorers such as Alvise Cadamosto, a Venetian slaver sent to scout the region of Senegambia.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
“Is he looking for the whole truth here? The fact that he was a slaver and ran slaves up to the colonies? That’s what the historical documents say,” Hunt said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
But even as networks and streaming services slaver over intellectual property with prearranged fan bases, few mass-market romance novels have found their way to screens.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2020
"So the slaver has become a spy," Ned said with distaste.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Thus the British, who had been such enthusiastic slavers, went on to force Muslim rulers to end their own version of the practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
The kings of Whydah had a very close relationship with the European slavers who established trading centers along the Gulf of Guinea.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
They could be lamentations or celebrations; at the same time, they could serve as a means of stealthy communication, spreading news outside the ken of white slavers.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
My own version of that would be: “Since the legacy of slavers cannot be borne, their names are crossed out. Since the legacy of slavers cannot be covered up, their names remain legible.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
The slavers had always been able to count on the support of English nobles, who resisted any change that might diminish their power.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
New York’s talent-hungry musical theater slavered for a follow-up.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2019
Then he did a bit in which he slavered over Sabra hummus and Rold Gold pretzels.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2015
They slavered over the delicious incongruity of this young thruster mixing it up with gimlet-eyed corporate lawyers, and winning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2015
Certainly not the critics, who slavered over its Royal Court premiere in 2007 and West End transfer, where the cast included the then-future Doctor Who, Matt Smith.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2010
Crownwall had heard about creatures that slavered, but he had never before seen it done.
From Upstarts by Leo Dillon
But some of the verdicts weren't just from long-standing critics or those with a dog slavering to get in to the fight.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Miller took one of the better-known characters from Stephen King's ginormous novel and transformed him into a slavering, blithering idiot, adding one more thing to despise atop a mountain of mediocrity.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2021
With Star Wars: The Last Jedi, writer-director Rian Johnson made a point of answering questions set up by The Force Awakens, and giving fans some answers they were slavering for.
From The Verge ● Dec. 18, 2017
Nor is it really about slavering over money, at least in its early sections.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2016
None of that mattered when faced with a slavering wolf.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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