riveter
Example Sentences
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She learned long ago, holding a riveter in her hand, that limits don’t always apply and anyone can forge a path forward.
From Los Angeles Times
But like the riveters who persisted, she won’t give up on honoring their stories.
From Washington Post
She was a welder, schoolteacher, riveter, farm worker, toxicologist’s assistant, and stenographer, all throughout the early and mid-1940s.
From Literature
His father was a commercial artist, and his mother worked as a riveter during World War II to support the military effort.
From Washington Post
As a young adult, he attended art classes at night and took whatever blue-collar work came his way, including dishwasher, warehouse stocker and aircraft riveter.
From New York Times
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