Words can have no single fixed meaning. Like wayward electrons, they can spin away from their initial orbit and enter a wider magnetic field. No one owns them or has a proprietary right to dictate how they will be used.
“It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments.”
“I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.”