carpenter
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The court heard the self-employed carpenter and joiner, who had served in the military before an injury cut his career short, had struggled with his mental health.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
His father was a carpenter helping build minesweepers at Terminal Island for the Navy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Sprague co-hosted “Run My Renovation” for the DIY Network and was a carpenter on “Trading Spaces.”
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026
They argued that the two men to whom he sent the messages were unlikely to carry out a murder—a federal informant with a bad back and a fellow union carpenter with no criminal history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
“I’m not the carpenter or the carpenter’s son,” he chanted as we sawed and drove nails, “but I’ll do the carpentryin’ until the carpenter comes.”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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