laborer
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According to tradition, Caedmon worked as a laborer at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
The government’s explanations for the arrests, wrote Judge Jennifer Thurston in Fresno, “rely on unsupported assumptions, hunches and generalizations about the relationship between a person’s apparent status as a day laborer and their immigration status.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
This laborer wants to know what you mean by labor becoming tokenized.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
The glamour of Wall Street had replaced the dignity of the skilled laborer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
If he forced them to hold down their costs, he would have to do the same with every merchant, laborer, and farmer doing business in town.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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