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worker

[wur-ker] / ˈwɜr kər /


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"We’re grateful that the pope has blessed us so that we can create his image," 48-year-old worker Lener Mendoza said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Joanne, a support for learning worker from Glasgow, said the local authority "had a cheek to say they care about their employees" after she read the council's message saying it was dismissing all staff.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Last year, a Capital & Main investigation found that companies with violations in multiple counties across California were not fined for hundreds of those offenses — many involving worker safety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

To get their full retirement benefits, a worker must wait until age 67, and waiting until age 70 increases benefits by an additional 24%.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Or when that social worker had escorted him to his empty apartment to pack up a small bag of things, upending his life as yours had been upended, as mine had too.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Pigeons have besieged the plant for years, posing a health risk to workers and disrupting daily operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

There was just one hitch: The law applied only to employees of fully insured large companies plus CalPERS — potentially reaching roughly 9 million Californians, including workers, spouses and dependents, according to a legislative analysis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Marra will say that Scotland has a reliance on foreign workers, due to a lack of available, skilled Scottish equivalents.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Rescuers have continued searching hydropower tunnels for hundreds of missing workers, engineers and other personnel, weeks after the disaster.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Still, when Takeyuki Inagaki, a maintenance manager, asked for volunteers for the dangerous job, many young workers raised their hands.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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