labor

Born to illiterate farmworkers in Brazil’s impoverished northeast, da Silva lost a finger in a metalworking plant before rising through the labor movement to become president in 2003.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

But there’s also something revealing about recruiting people to perform a form of labor that society has never been especially consistent about expecting everyone to learn.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

The Volkswagen group faces a massive labor and restructuring crisis in its home country as it seeks to cut 100,000 jobs and potentially close plants in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

As long as they adhere to price caps, agree to certain labor requirements and fix repairs that arise, they’re protected from lawsuits from buyers concerning defects 10 years after construction of the home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

He still secretly supported labor unions and workers' rights.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

“I don’t like using the word ‘bucket list,’ but all these things are labors of love,” Hoffs says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

After all, since 1776, millions of Irishmen and women and their descendants have helped make America great through their labors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

The hivemind refuses to hurt or kill any living being, states its preference for vegetarianism and merrily labors to care for the few who aren’t like them.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025

The box is carved with scenes of the labors of Hercules, while the lid is decorated with monumental reclining figures of the deceased.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025

The labors of hundreds of strong men were needed to pull the obelisk off the barge.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

The noise of backhoes, cranes and bulldozers echoed across Colombia's quake-hit cities on Sunday as workers labored to remove rubble, though the chance of finding survivors was slim a week after the disaster.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Rather, they meant to establish what Lincoln called a “standard maxim for free society,” which should be constantly looked to, labored for and more nearly approximated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Thus far, however, this effort has yielded only a few dozen genetically modified long-haired mice, which evokes the Aesopian adage about the mountain that labored and brought forth a mouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Last Thanksgiving, Megan Thee Stallion labored for days to prepare an elaborate holiday dinner for then-boyfriend Klay Thompson and his family.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026

“You can’t! All your work . . .” I knew what it meant to her, the painstaking hours she’d labored over it.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

“A husband destined for immortality has ended up a debt-ridden, third-rate comedian, laboring over his closing lines; a gifted child squandered his promise, consorting with moneylenders,” Li writes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

His opponents are laboring to land a punch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Montiel, 62, said Chavez’s legacy continues to reverberate as the union has pushed for improved working conditions for people laboring in extreme heat, at times without adequate breaks or water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

They were checking on their fleets of AI assistants to make sure they were still laboring away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Painfully, laboring to help each other up, they became hopelessly entangled instead.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols