blue-collar

Example Sentences

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And the new blue-collar work is rarely a ready option for unemployed former office workers, according to employment-services professionals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

But the push to reshape forest management is fiercely opposed by loggers and mill owners, who say their work is sustainable and provides blue-collar jobs in a region where they’ve dwindled.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

"Philadelphia is a hardworking, gritty city, a blue-collar city, and we take a lot of pride in that," said Meg Kane, the Philadelphia Soccer 2026 host city executive.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

AI’s top risk for many blue-collar workers is that the technology provides customers with the ability to solve problems instead of calling a professional, he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

He had come to Odessa from Dallas twenty-seven years before, so he had been in the town long enough to know exactly what it was like, tight-clenched, blue-collar, conservative.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger