as in working (for)
to be a servant for
why would you waste your time slaving for a boss you can't stand?
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After a 1980s split with Fidel Castro cost him the Interior Ministry, Valdés returned to power in the 2000s, overseeing telecommunications, serving as vice president and helping recover Che Guevara’s remains.
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For Sánchez, the second longest-serving leader among the 27 European Union states, political survival now looks more perilous than ever before.
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“Slaving (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaving%20%28for%29. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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