sweatshop
Example Sentences
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Zookeepers “may as well live and die surrounded by animals than in a sweatshop or war zone, right?”
From Los Angeles Times
Franklin Roosevelt aptly referred to it as “this ancient atrocity” in 1933, when he signed a textile industry code that outlawed the employment of children younger than 16 in sweatshops.
From Los Angeles Times
“Yuletide Factory,” a circus show at the New Victory Theater, splits the difference, locating its cheer inside a sweatshop churning out seasonal doodads.
From New York Times
They lived for a while in Harlem while his mother worked in a sweatshop and got by with the help of food stamps.
From Seattle Times
In Hong Kong, Mr Lai worked in a garment sweatshop and taught himself English.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
