Examples of day laborer in a Sentence
They hire day laborers to pick the apples.
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In the camp, locals work as day laborers or panhandle on nearby Story Road.
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
In one incident, Bovino's agents popped out of a rental truck in a Home Depot parking lot to arrest day laborers.
—Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
Across the Twin Cities, federal immigration enforcement operations have turned businesses into sites of confrontation — with agents in store parking lots rounding up day laborers, armed raids on restaurants and work authorization inspections conducted in tactical gear.
—Alessandro Piazza, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
The Sacramento raids were part of an escalation of immigration enforcement activity that targeted California starting in June of last year, when agents descended on Latino communities and places where day laborers gather in Los Angeles.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
In one incident, Bovino's agents popped out of a rental truck in a Home Depot parking lot to arrest day laborers.
—Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
Across the Twin Cities, federal immigration enforcement operations have turned businesses into sites of confrontation — with agents in store parking lots rounding up day laborers, armed raids on restaurants and work authorization inspections conducted in tactical gear.
—Alessandro Piazza, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
The Sacramento raids were part of an escalation of immigration enforcement activity that targeted California starting in June of last year, when agents descended on Latino communities and places where day laborers gather in Los Angeles.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Day laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20laborer. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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