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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Passengers would have to endure one more night aboard the train to allow time for a crew of 30 laborers to complete a thousand-foot trench from the train to Highway 40, by now partially cleared.
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Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Corbet’s awkward forcing of his characters into his conceptual framework leads to absurdities and vulgarities—not least in the depiction of László’s first and only Black acquaintance, a laborer named Gordon (Isaach De Bankolé), as a heroin addict.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
Over nine months, these big cats systematically attacked workers’ camps at night, dragging victims—who included African laborers, Indian railway workers and even camp supervisors—into the darkness.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Hopeful men lined up, waiting for construction jobs that would open when laborers inevitably died on the job.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2025
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Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Corbet’s awkward forcing of his characters into his conceptual framework leads to absurdities and vulgarities—not least in the depiction of László’s first and only Black acquaintance, a laborer named Gordon (Isaach De Bankolé), as a heroin addict.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
Over nine months, these big cats systematically attacked workers’ camps at night, dragging victims—who included African laborers, Indian railway workers and even camp supervisors—into the darkness.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Hopeful men lined up, waiting for construction jobs that would open when laborers inevitably died on the job.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborer. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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