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laborer

[ley-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

What to know: Two couples’ lives are messily intertwined when one—a wealthy woman with an even wealthier husband—taps the other—a laid-off laborer and his wife—to be the subjects of a documentary.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

I had gone to him when I was trying to learn more about the forced laborer.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer

North Korean workers in Russia typically live in dormitories next to production facilities, said Alisa Svitova, a 21-year-old student who worked this year as an interpreter for North Korean laborers in Russian agricultural factories.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Once, border migration patterns resembled a loop: thousands of laborers, mostly men, commuted here once or twice a year from Mexico to jobs in the fields, then on to other jobs once harvests were over.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Daniel Barbou, an 84-year-old grape picker, joined a small army of laborers in the scramble to harvest.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 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

The worker shortage caused by the war left the shapeup empty and laborers in high demand.

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




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