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foreman

[fawr-muhn, fohr-] / ˈfɔr mən, ˈfoʊr- /


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After the jury foreman, when asked “How say you?” answered “Guilty,” 34 times, Trump turned to face the back of the room, looking uncharacteristically stricken.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

Daniel, the foreman in this remote, informal, small-scale mine in Kono, the diamond region of Sierra Leone, shows me the gravel he's picking through with his fingers.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

Instead, only the foreman signed off on it — the legal equivalent of pulling a fast one on the judicial process.

From Salon Dec. 14, 2025

My father, Rudy, was the foreman at Associated Transport, a huge trucking company with a branch in Richmond that went bankrupt.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

The foreman, a white man named Sam, said that I could take a rest when we had no logs to be moved.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

The colonial trade also ravaged the archipelago's forests and wrecked communities, with able-bodied men required to offer 40 days of unpaid service to fell trees and build ships under Spanish foremen.

From Barron's Apr. 28, 2026

Construction-software firms are selling AI-powered tools that can assist site managers and foremen with work like analyzing sites for potential safety violations—tasks AI models can accomplish by searching through and synthesizing large amounts of data.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

Hourly wages under the limited energy electrician contract heading into negotiations range from $17 for entry-level installers to $51.96 for foremen.

From Seattle Times May 21, 2024

Those experiences find their way into the stories in the form of wracked bodies and foremen who vanish come payday.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2022

The first to go were the “notables” of the block, the Stubenalteste, the Kapos, the foremen, all of whom were in perfect physical condition, of course!

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel




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