porter
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If the porter is locked in, however, then that shout might not be heard.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
As a $5.28-an-hour porter he had to scrap 15,000 square feet of trash every 60 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Kanchha Sherpa worked as an high-altitude porter in the Himalayan mountains for two more decades after the expedition, until his wife asked him to stop making the dangerous journeys.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
The unchanged names in the series, which premieres Thursday on Netflix, belong to the four children of Benjamin Lee Guinness, whose grandfather created the signature porter in 1778.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
“This is the north cloister,” the porter said.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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