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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 noise is in earshot of the IDEPSCA’s day laborer center, one of five operated by the organization that have supported workers for over two decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

My father went to work every day dressed in the blue uniform of a city laborer, but at night he showed us what it meant to love jazz and art.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The Transport Workers Union representing those laborers have vowed court action.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

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

Day laborers and activists came from across Southern California, including San Diego and the Antelope Valley, to discuss the effects of ICE raids on their lives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

As of this writing, today’s disparity between rich and poor is as wide as the divide between Swift and his laborers one hundred years ago.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield


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