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laborer

[ley-ber-er] / ˈleɪ bər ər /


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Written by Jimmy Webb and released in 1968, it tells the lonely story of a laborer in Kansas who imagines the voice of the woman who got away humming down the endless telephone wires.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

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

From Science Daily May 17, 2026

A mechanics lien, also referred to as a contractor’s lien, is usually filed by an unpaid contractor, laborer or supplier, as a hold against the property.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2026

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

If he forced them to hold down their costs, he would have to do the same with every merchant, laborer, and farmer doing business in town.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

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 route also brought artisans, laborers and slaves to the Spanish colony.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 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

Rice farmer Rodel Malinay has shifted to an “on-call” labor system, instead of having three to five laborers working daily, and does more manual labor himself.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

By dividing the property, Washington was looking for more efficiency, cutting the time the laborers needed to get to and from the fields they worked.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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