as in worker
a person who does very hard or dull work
they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships
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Israel helped support paramilitary settlements in Thai border areas in the 1980s, a project that eventually led to an intricate system of labor migration, initially through private brokers and eventually through a bilateral agreement that governs Thai laborers and their Israeli employers today.
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
For now, volunteer laborers will continue to bear the brunt of generative AI moderation.
—Ars Technica, 17 Feb. 2025
Without its central industry, it’s become a ghost town, and one where the era of Harmony and her old friend (played by character actor James LeGros) working as child laborers(*) for Lumon comparatively feel like the good old days.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
For now, volunteer laborers will continue to bear the brunt of generative AI moderation.
—Ars Technica, 17 Feb. 2025
Without its central industry, it’s become a ghost town, and one where the era of Harmony and her old friend (played by character actor James LeGros) working as child laborers(*) for Lumon comparatively feel like the good old days.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborer. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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