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
Since its international release, the Galashiels janitor said hundreds of sufferers and supporters from around the world have contacted him.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Charley finds direction when a neighborhood janitor invites him into a pickup game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Once freed from slavery, Washington toiled in coal mines, worked as a janitor in exchange for formal education and became a great American orator and leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025
I watch the janitor empty the trash cans on the other side of the cafeteria.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
It would mean 60,000+ district workers — teachers, counselors, nurses, bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria workers — would walk out, crippling school operations.
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
Today I estimate that more than 30,000 Microsoft employees, from secretaries to janitors, have become millionaires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
ICE agents I’ve spoken with say they have arrested or detained office workers, janitors, dishwashers, gardeners, and day laborers and raided Home Depots.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2025
At that time of night, even the janitors had left.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
