enslave

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Recent Examples of enslave The event included hymns, readings and a picnic—a celebration of both the soldiers’ sacrifice and the newfound freedom of the formerly enslaved. Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 The world cannot stay silent while migrant workers are enslaved, abused and discarded. Samindra Kunti, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 At the time, the group was enslaving women, carrying out mass executions, and staging terrorist attacks around the world. Sacha Pfeiffer, NPR, 27 May 2025 But throughout the series, he became increasingly repulsed by these actions, which included enslaving thousands of women. Barry Levitt, Time, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for enslave
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Verb
  • The region has been on edge for the past two years as Israel seeks to annihilate the Hamas group, an Iranian ally, in the Gaza Strip, where war still rages after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel.
    Elena Becatoros, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
  • The universe seems stable, but an unlikely shift in the Higgs field, a quantum field that pervades all of space, could trigger a bubble that passes through the universe, annihilating all matter.
    Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
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  • Only a system designed with these principles can truly protect your organization, reduce losses and maintain trust with your honest customers.
    Marcin Nowak, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Inflation data of late has shown little pass-through so far as companies burn off inventory accumulated in the run-up to the tariff announcement, and amid concerns that consumer demand is slowing and reducing pricing power.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • The Thunder overcame two Game 7s en route to the title, and they will now forever be called champions.
    Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • Advertisement Indiana tried its best to overcome heartbreak in Game 7: Tyrese Haliburton, the Pacers’ star point guard who was playing with a calf strain in his right leg, suffered an achilles injury in the first quarter.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 23 June 2025
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  • Mullins defeated Zhelezniakova via TKO in 2022 on an Ares card.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Leon made the team, and Canada went on to defeat Sweden in penalty kicks for the country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in women’s soccer.
    Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Reitz lent the university police force to the effort and helped subjugate the rights of Florida’s students and faculty.
    David Niven, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
  • Trump underestimated Russian President Vladimir Putin’s determination to subjugate Ukraine and has consequently failed to confront the Kremlin with the coercive pressure needed to stop its ongoing aggression.
    Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Two new friends spent the afternoon chatting, licking our deliciously unexpected delights and beginning a life-long bond.
    Susan Cunningham Euker, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2025
  • The viral post opens with a quiet, intimate moment: the Labrador sits beside her puppy, gently licking her head.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Verb
  • On June 21, Mitchell, South Dakota, broke its daily high temperatures record at 104 degrees, smashing its previous record of 101 degrees.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • Numerous other boats were damaged that day as the powerful thunderstorm churned up waves and sent boats smashing into each other and the marina, according to KCRA-TV.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • The San Diego native whipped a low cross into the box, which both Adriana Leon and Ascanio narrowly missed.
    Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
  • Chelsea took the lead on 13 minutes when Neto raced away from deep inside the Flamengo half and opened his body before whipping the ball past Agustin Rossi.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 20 June 2025

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“Enslave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enslave. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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