carpenter
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His father was a carpenter helping build minesweepers at Terminal Island for the Navy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Getting that look, he explains, is when a man "peaks" - he says he's gone from "unsatisfied carpenter working nine to five" to an "online entrepreneur".
From BBC • Mar. 14, 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
The old carpenter knocked firmly three times, and then opened the door.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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