hard labor

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Plus, there was no getting around the fact that Ernesto was getting older, less desirable for hard labor.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

After the war, Faÿ was sentenced to a lifetime of hard labor, but he escaped from prison in 1951 dressed in ecclesiastical costume, with the help of—here one reaches for the phrase “incredible but true”—Toklas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

“I wanted to almost proclaim the beauty that is inherent in the really hard labor that mostly migrant workers do,” says Garcia.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS— After a few years of hard labor on Mars, you could excuse the Perseverance rover for taking a trip to the beach.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 13, 2024

The captain saw a ship breaker, tattooed with work stamps and scarred with hard labor.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi