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slave (for)

verb

Definition of slave (for)

as in to work (for)

to be a servant for why would you waste your time slaving for a boss you can't stand?

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serve

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Audience jeers council’s I-77 decision Mayfield, who serves council at-large, motioned to keep Charlotte from changing its previous vote against the toll lanes.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
The improvements would put roughly 100 megawatts total of emission-free electricity on the power grid, which the utility already is expanding at an unprecedented rate to serve data centers.

— Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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