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laborer

[lay-ber-er] / ˈleɪ bər ər /


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After returning to Bradford-on-Avon, Byfield initially supported himself as a farm laborer.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

According to tradition, Caedmon worked as a laborer at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026

This laborer wants to know what you mean by labor becoming tokenized.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

The day laborer said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have previously detained other workers at the Panorama City Home Depot and have returned frequently.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025

Almost anything would have been better than Pipeworks laborer.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

When the 380-foot steamship Great Republic—one of the world’s largest passenger vessels at the time—arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong, 1,300 blue-coated Chinese laborers filed down its gangplank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Yank believes that it is they, the laborers heaving coal for hours amid the broiling heat of the engine room, who are the real masters of the ship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

She is one of several performers who play the roles known collectively as “Kinker & Roust,” slang terms for acrobats/aerialists and “roustabouts,” a.k.a. circus laborers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

From the fourth century to the 14th—when sea travel gradually replaced overland caravans—merchants, laborers, religious leaders, and government officials from across Eurasia convened there to exchange goods and culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Keav still lives in Kong Cha Lat, a teenage work camp with about 160 laborers.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung


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