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to take control of and assert authority over
—usually used as (be) enslaved
Her ancestors were enslaved during the war.
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Recent Examples of enslaved
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that enslaved people were finally free more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Christina Ray Stanton,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
ABC News,
19 June 2026
Ray must frantically track down the thief while battling lawsuits from both his greedy relatives and the descendants of the family that once enslaved his ancestors.
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Janey Wetzel,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
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Below three magical symbols, the author wrote the names of four enslaved people.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that enslaved people were finally free more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Christina Ray Stanton,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
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About 12 million Africans were forcefully taken by traders from European nations from the 16th to the 19th century and enslaved on plantations that built wealth at the price of misery.
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ABC News,
19 June 2026
Ray must frantically track down the thief while battling lawsuits from both his greedy relatives and the descendants of the family that once enslaved his ancestors.
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Janey Wetzel,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enslaved
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Rue works as an indentured servant for drug dealer Laurie (Martha Kelly) while Cassie and Nate navigate married life.
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She was placed as an indentured servant with the Toppan family of Lowell and took their surname, per the Lowell Historical Society and the West End Museum.
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Earlier in the episode, when Daemon and the Rivermen defeated the Lannisters, Ser Simon rewarded them with wine from the cellars.
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Against the odds, our founders defeated a monarchy and created what would become the richest, freest, and most powerful country the world has ever seen.
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Fujimori, the daughter of a disgraced former president, and Sánchez, an ally of an imprisoned ex-president, beat 33 other candidates in the initial vote in April, but neither earned even 20% of support.
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Fujimori, daughter of a disgraced former president, and Sánchez, an ally of an imprisoned ex-president, were on the runoff’s ballot after beating 33 other candidates in the vote in April, but neither earned even 20% of support.
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Data indicates declining trust in managers and reduced interest in leadership among younger generations.
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Each union agreed to slightly different terms for how long the leave programs are in place and by how much salaries were reduced.
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Years later, when tragedy strikes again and a mysterious inheritance surfaces, Ruth is forced to confront unsettling truths about the women who raised her and decide whether to redefine her future or remain bound to the past.
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The bound paper booklets in which students hand-write their responses to test questions have surged in popularity during the AI explosion.
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Instead, El Fasher was annihilated.
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The boardwalk was annihilated up and down the peninsula, crushed into pieces and twisted up like a wooden snake.
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Roughly the size of a large dog and weighing more than 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the quadruped robot is designed to navigate industrial facilities that include staircases, narrow walkways, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces.
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Sewers can contain numerous hazards, including noxious and potentially deadly gases, unstable surfaces, flooding risks, and confined spaces.
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In a country like India, subjugated early in the history of capitalist imperialism, and then bullied after independence by the West, a degree of self-renunciation and collective sacrifice was widely understood to be requisite to economic and political self-strengthening.
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This campy, reality-shifting comedy series questions what would happen if a flaming misogynist woke up in a world that was completely matriarchal and subjugated men based on their gender.
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“Enslaved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enslaved. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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