plumber

A handsome plumber was as likely to get in as a couture-clad socialite; once inside, he might find himself chatting up Mick Jagger or dancing with Liza Minnelli.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Nat, a former Navy SEAL, launched Minuteman Plumbing, Heating & Cooling with a master plumber he met through a Harvard mentor between graduation and starting his job at a consulting firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The plumber was sent to a fearsome maximum-security prison in Eswatini -- formerly known as Swaziland -- where he is still being held without charge a year later.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

His closest rival for the seat, Reform UK's Robert Kenyon, a plumber and local councillor, was second in the constituency at the 2024 general election.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Apparently, he had been a plumber on the outside.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Nationwide, employers are struggling to fill around 160 types of jobs, ranging from careworkers to plumbers, according to the FEA.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

He is contemplating branching out into skilled-trade professions like welders, plumbers and construction superintendents, which he considers less vulnerable to automation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

AFSCME’s members include custodians, gardeners, dining hall food service workers, transportation workers and skilled craft workers such as plumbers and electricians.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

But going to more places hasn’t led to any more recognition for software’s plumbers and electricians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Everybody came out—hay farmers, clerks, merchants, fishermen, crabbers, carpenters, loggers, net weavers, truck farmers, junk dealers, real estate brigands, hack poets, ministers, lawyers, sailors, squatters, millwrights, cedar rats, teamsters, plumbers, mushroom foragers, and holly pruners.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson