porter
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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
As a $5.28-an-hour porter he had to scrap 15,000 square feet of trash every 60 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Pat McElhetton was working a late shift as a porter in South Tyrone Hospital on the day of the bomb.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Scrawled in chalk in the list of draft beers was the Edmund Fitzgerald porter, a longtime brew from the Great Lakes Brewing Co.
From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025
Aunt Kitty did not seem to notice, as her eyes were on the brown trunk a few steps away, tended to by the porter, and on the colorful carpetbag hanging from Mrs. Maroney’s elbow.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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