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laborer

[lay-ber-er] / ˈleɪ bər ər /


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After returning to Bradford-on-Avon, Byfield initially supported himself as a farm laborer.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Written by Jimmy Webb and released in 1968, it tells the lonely story of a laborer in Kansas who imagines the voice of the woman who got away humming down the endless telephone wires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

According to tradition, Caedmon worked as a laborer at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026

This laborer wants to know what you mean by labor becoming tokenized.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

For everyday work, Kira helped in the weaving shed, picking up the scraps and leavings, but her twisted leg diminished her value as a laborer and even, in the future, as a mate.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

The Transport Workers Union representing those laborers have vowed court action.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Ye-ji is making a documentary about the laborers and strike at SP, and she and her husband will become intimately involved in Ho-seok and Mi-ok’s life as the film proceeds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Yank believes that it is they, the laborers heaving coal for hours amid the broiling heat of the engine room, who are the real masters of the ship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

She is one of several performers who play the roles known collectively as “Kinker & Roust,” slang terms for acrobats/aerialists and “roustabouts,” a.k.a. circus laborers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Soon after, Santos is snared in an INS raid of day laborers waiting for work on a street corner and deported.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario


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