slave
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The Moneyist: I was a slave to credit-card debt, then I got laid off and turned my life around.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Leo mentioned the slave trade in relation to AI, suggesting that the world was in danger of normalising the exploitation of people again - both in its production and in its applications.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The federal government was given the responsibility for putting down rebellions, which in practice meant crushing slave uprisings and resistance.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
Help your kids build the character to make the most of technology rather than become a slave to it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Like most of his fellow Virginians, he wanted it known that he preferred an early end to the slave trade and regarded the institution of slavery “a deep-rooted abuse.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing slave
"Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad"
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Workshop 4, Part 1
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Ancient Greece, Lessons 4–8
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