laborer
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According to tradition, Caedmon worked as a laborer at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026
A pair of blue and yellow earplugs dangle on Jose’s neck while waiting for work as a day laborer out of the Home Depot in Cypress Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
The glamour of Wall Street had replaced the dignity of the skilled laborer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Tincher was now a manual laborer on one leg, but he was denied disability benefits by the Social Security Administration the following year.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
He first worked for Holmes as a common laborer but soon proved to possess a talent that Holmes found particularly valuable.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Araujo was picking up day laborers in a historically Latino neighborhood of Houston, Texas, when agents tried to stop his vehicle as part of a “targeted enforcement operation.”
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
The roles will range from Ph.D.-level scientists to technicians and skilled laborers who can maintain the infrastructure and equipment, Johnson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
"He should resign, damn it!" shouted the crowd of farmers, laborers, miners, transport workers and teachers who brought traffic to a halt on the streets of the Andean city.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
He also proposes expanding guest worker programs and “shifting accountability” from workers to corporations that underpay immigrant laborers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Foremen and superintendents, along with a few laborers who decided to stay on the job and the recruited blacks, were doing what they could to keep the disassembly line running.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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