servility
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By arming her mammies with revolvers, rifles and bullets, Saar turned a symbol of servility into one of militancy and power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Privately, according to people who have observed his interactions with Trump, he treats the president with the sort of deference and servility more typical of a staff member than a cabinet member.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2020
Menial piecework tasks, parceled out through apps that force workers into 12-hour days in the hopes they can eke out a living through a lifetime of endless servility.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2020
This process has a number of steps — the stages of servility.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2019
A complex man—as those caught between eras often are—Spaulding removed the grinning mask of servility, but could never quite put it aside.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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