workman
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He occasionally overburdens the reader with minutiae of political and organizational rivalries and is more workman than stylist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Navy workman jackets appeared in the lockers of Chargers players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024
No confirmed deaths have been reported from any of the recent eruptions, but a workman was declared missing after falling into a fissure opened by the volcano.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
A workman told South Beds News Agency: "We are putting scaffolding up today. The pool will be removed before the building is knocked down on Monday."
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024
In 1907, or so it has sometimes been written, Albert Einstein saw a workman fall off a roof and began to think about gravity.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Standing at the counter next to a crew of workmen, I sipped a latte and munched on a pastry as the smell of espresso and the sound of Italian greetings swirled around me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
At the inquest in December 1966 to decide on the treasure's fate, Nottinghamshire coroner Claude Mack did not spare the workmen who had filled their pockets.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
They also smuggled in equipment and paid workmen to rehabilitate water and electricity infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
The same word was written again multiple times on Tuesday while white paint was thrown over the picture, with workmen acting quickly to clean it.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
Days could sometimes go by without us seeing a vehicle coming down that narrow road, and the ones that did were usually vans or lorries bringing supplies, gardeners or workmen.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
