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laborer

[ley-ber-er] / ˈleɪ bər ər /


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According to tradition, Caedmon worked as a laborer at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire.

From Science Daily May 17, 2026

This laborer wants to know what you mean by labor becoming tokenized.

From Barron's Mar. 27, 2026

A mechanics lien, also referred to as a contractor’s lien, is usually filed by an unpaid contractor, laborer or supplier, as a hold against the property.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2026

The glamour of Wall Street had replaced the dignity of the skilled laborer.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

Almost anything would have been better than Pipeworks laborer.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

From the fourth century to the 14th—when sea travel gradually replaced overland caravans—merchants, laborers, religious leaders, and government officials from across Eurasia convened there to exchange goods and culture.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

A boycott could harm day laborers who rely on customers to hire them for manual labor jobs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

The fruits of Tahnoon’s push are visible in the form of a massive construction site on a sandy patch of land miles from central Abu Dhabi, where thousands of laborers are working day and night.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

The image was inspired by Alejandro Cartagena, a Dominican Republic-born Mexican creative who photographed carpooling laborers on the flatbeds along a highway in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

But he said nothing when O-lan fried them in oil and when the laborers crunched them between their teeth and the children pulled them apart delicately and tasted them, afraid of their great eyes.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck




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