worker

Example Sentences

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At a house where a construction worker dumped lumber onto the sidewalk, Phillips strode up and asked what the thought would happen to the scrap pile.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

On 1 April, Spaceport Cornwall announced it was pausing its education programme and ended an education outreach worker role blaming "funding challenges".

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

For the dairy worker, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico in his mid-50s who requested anonymity to speak about the incident, this felt like the final straw.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Believing he had fallen asleep, the nursery worker then left him alone, but staff did not physically check on him for about two hours.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The social worker was unsmiling as he said, “I thought I would give you the chance to tell me what happened today.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman