laborers

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Both books anchor their narratives around celebrities of their respective eras and make ample and illuminating use of diaries and correspondences—frequently between world leaders but also by soldiers, slave laborers, crime victims and nightclub denizens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 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

He also proposes expanding guest worker programs and “shifting accountability” from workers to corporations that underpay immigrant laborers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Picture, said Hutchcraft, laborers going up and down the rows with bags on their shoulders, picking orange fruit and filling them, and then lugging the bags to tubs at the ends of rows.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

There were thirty-five team members, and most of them were Kenyans, including wildlife naturalists, scientists, doctors, and laborers.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston