slaver
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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
The plaque was installed in the church after the 18th Century slaver died in Dorchester in 1744, aged 46, during a visit to England - he was Scottish by birth.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2022
The setting sun seems to set the ocean ablaze, while to its left, the tossing slaver appears to be swallowed up by a knifed spray of white.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 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 That’s what the historical documents say,” Hunt said.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
On the north end of the island, the ancient brick walls and stepped pyramids of the slaver port Ghozai had suf-fered the same fate.
From "A Dance with Dragons" 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
Since sharia forbids Muslims from enslaving other Muslims, it became common practice to enslave non-Muslims from regions within reach of Islamic slavers.
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
“Great Cleon sought only to strike down the vile slavers of Yunkai.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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
Its premise is that 65-year-old Sandy, played by Corbett, is refusing to downsize the family home – slavered over by his shameless children – until his dog Henry dies.
From The Guardian ● May 3, 2010
He likes for a fault to be bullied and stormed,Or imprisoned for several days,And hates, for a duty correctly performed,To be slavered with sickening praise.
From More Bab Ballads by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
And those internal and external opponents of Boris Johnson slavering at the prospect of Whatsapp messages and potentially embarrassing photographs from inside Downing Street being made public are likely to remain unsated.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2022
Still, it was surprising to hear such a slavering tribute from a scientist in the midst of a global health crisis.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2020
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
So it went on, almost as unceasing as the waterfall, only interrupted by a faint noise of slavering and gurgling.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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