Backs
Slaves
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Rome's civic works were extremely advanced, the kind of thing only a massive central bureaucracy and the backs of millions of slaves can accomplish without modern industrial infrastructure.
Source: Advanced Ancient Acropolis -
Unfortunately, this new world is built on the broken backs of thousands of slaves.
Source: Fanfic / Fallout: Equestria - She explained that the Celestial Dragons who bought them as slaves when they were children burnt it into she and her sisters' backs to show them they were "less than human".
Source: Jerkass Façade
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