porter
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If the porter is locked in, however, then that shout might not be heard.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
A transit porter and motorman with the New York City subway in the 1980s, Mr. Naiden was active in a tiny communist cell within the union, endorsing free fares and encouraging turnstile hopping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Kanchha Sherpa worked as an high-altitude porter in the Himalayan mountains for two more decades after the expedition, until his wife asked him to stop making the dangerous journeys.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
The unchanged names in the series, which premieres Thursday on Netflix, belong to the four children of Benjamin Lee Guinness, whose grandfather created the signature porter in 1778.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
Briony had heard a know-all porter saying, with what sounded like satisfaction, that nothing now could stop the German army.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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