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or wrought (for)
as in served
to be a servant for
worked for a rich and powerful family
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served
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John served as the general counsel for an Arkansas community bank.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
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Confrontations involving federal agents have routinely been captured on video from multiple angles, which later served to discount parts of the government’s narrative of events.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Worked (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worked%20%28for%29. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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