as in longshoreman
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
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Target executives also noted that the company, like other retailers, had to reroute some merchandise when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977.
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Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
It was packed with the lunch crowd, maybe a hundred dockworkers jostling over trays.
—EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Trump weighed in last month on the automation issue after meeting with Daggett at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, siding with dockworkers.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
An East and Gulf coast port strike that could snarl supply chains, create shortages and raise prices on hundreds of goods is back in view as port operators and dockworkers resume contract negotiations this week.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
It was packed with the lunch crowd, maybe a hundred dockworkers jostling over trays.
—EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Trump weighed in last month on the automation issue after meeting with Daggett at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, siding with dockworkers.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
An East and Gulf coast port strike that could snarl supply chains, create shortages and raise prices on hundreds of goods is back in view as port operators and dockworkers resume contract negotiations this week.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dockworker
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockworker. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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