worked (for)

variants or wrought (for)
past tense of work (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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  • Alex Thomas has served as the Washington Correspondent for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since November 2022.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The clips allegedly showed Hanson urinating on food, spitting into containers, stomping on food items and rubbing them on his body before they were served to customers, per court documents and reporting by KCTV5, KMBC 9 and The Kansas City Star.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Worked (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worked%20%28for%29. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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