janitor
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Bob Trebilcock relates that, near the peak of the tech bubble, the janitor at his church bragged about his day-trading profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
I think I've had one interview for a janitor role.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Laura Esquivel, a janitor at Los Angeles International Airport, expressed frustration that council members were not standing by their earlier commitment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Charley finds direction when a neighborhood janitor invites him into a pickup game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
I watch the janitor empty the trash cans on the other side of the cafeteria.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
It would mean more than 60,000 essential district workers — teachers, counselors, nurses, bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria workers — would walk off the job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
In one videotaped speech during a high school student government campaign, he complains of being told to pick up his trash, saying that should be the work of paid janitors.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
A museum guard stood outside the bathroom, and janitors cleaned the piece every 15 minutes or so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
California has more than 220,000 full-time state employees and about 60% work in positions, as janitors and highway patrol officers for example, that already require them to report in-person daily.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
Though the janitors in Commons rousted me every night at closing time, I doubt they ever realized they spoke to the same boy twice.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
