tradesman

Alarms bells had been raised earlier when Shelley Sawkins, 75, called the tradesman, and realised he was in Lanzarote, spending money she had given him.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Suzanne, a nurse, felt guilty about medical costs and needing so much care and taking Rick, a self-employed tradesman, away from his job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

The first—the shark—comes from Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster Jaws, in which a sheriff, a scientist, and a tradesman roll up their sleeves and put themselves in harm’s way to defeat a ferocious great white.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2024

But he eventually developed a debilitating medical condition due to the injury, according to court documents, leading the skilled tradesman to quit his job.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024

There is no way the director would knowingly give a tradesman a one- hundred-and-thirty-three-carat diamond and let him walk out of Paris with it.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

On a recent evening in a local pub, two builders asked other patrons for recommendations for tradesmen and were told they had to wait several weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Now, Llŷr and others from the village claim tradesmen are looking for work in different areas.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

She described being left without heating for three weeks as tradesmen ripped out her radiators and put in insulation around her and her family, leaving the house "uninhabitable".

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

“This was an industry of gatekeepers,” he said, adding that master tradesmen ultimately viewed their apprentices — working in the same 10- to 15-mile radius as them — as competition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025

Boats passed underneath them, full of scholars and tradesmen and children.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell