subservient
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Sparta needed allies to fill out its battle array, so it installed subservient leaders throughout the Peloponnese, their allies in the war against Athens.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
"Like Musharraf, he has a subservient prime minister and the authority to reshape the army's structure," he said.
From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025
When Harris acted the way that vice presidents normally do — subservient, self-effacing, careful never to poach the spotlight from the chief executive — it was seen as a failing.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025
"This technology is utterly meaningless without the artist at the centre of it; the technology needs to ultimately be subservient to the artist," says Mr Talukdar.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025
The way my mother always explained it, the traditional man wants a woman to be subservient, but he never falls in love with subservient women.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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