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a person who does very hard or dull work
they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships
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Recent Examples of laborers
These projects, which began in earnest in 2017, have caused a large influx of laborers from south Asian countries, with migrants from India, Bangladesh and Nepal being the largest contributors.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
But both of these laborers brush up against something transcendent, even if only briefly.
—Edward Hirsch, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
When the clock strikes midnight Saturday morning, workers at Amazon’s largest union facility will team up with a protest that includes laborers at Amazon operations in Queens, Atlanta, San Francisco, southern California and suburban Chicago.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
According to this legend, the log must burn in two before the master could call off the festivities and send his laborers back to the fields.
—Robert E. May / Made By History, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
Contractors and laborers need places to review plans, store equipment, and secure sites today while building the buildings of tomorrow.
—Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
But those who work with undocumented laborers say the mere sight of deportations can have a domino effect.
—Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
There was no room in its mission for the larger story of the experience of the Black laborers or for the nuanced images of life in Black communities that make up most of Joseph’s catalogue.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
The shipyards needed laborers, and the promise of good jobs drew tens of thousands—many of them Black workers from the South and East—to places like Richmond.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
But both of these laborers brush up against something transcendent, even if only briefly.
—Edward Hirsch, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
When the clock strikes midnight Saturday morning, workers at Amazon’s largest union facility will team up with a protest that includes laborers at Amazon operations in Queens, Atlanta, San Francisco, southern California and suburban Chicago.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
According to this legend, the log must burn in two before the master could call off the festivities and send his laborers back to the fields.
—Robert E. May / Made By History, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
Contractors and laborers need places to review plans, store equipment, and secure sites today while building the buildings of tomorrow.
—Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
But those who work with undocumented laborers say the mere sight of deportations can have a domino effect.
—Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
There was no room in its mission for the larger story of the experience of the Black laborers or for the nuanced images of life in Black communities that make up most of Joseph’s catalogue.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
The shipyards needed laborers, and the promise of good jobs drew tens of thousands—many of them Black workers from the South and East—to places like Richmond.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Laborers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborers. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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