Examples of day laborer in a Sentence
They hire day laborers to pick the apples.
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Natalie’s husband, Caleb, is the youngest son of a senator and a terrible farmer whose failures on their Idaho land have to be propped up by day laborers, secret barrels of pesticides, and Natalie’s social-media income.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
Protesters are demanding that the hardware store chain protect day laborers against future arrests and deportations after last year's uptick in immigration enforcement operations, some of which happened outside of Home Depot locations in Southern California.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 2 May 2026
MacArthur Park has been a focal point for day laborers and street vendors, and organizers said recent immigration enforcement activity in the area has added to challenges faced by those workers.
—City News Service, Daily News, 1 May 2026
The protests erupted in Santa Ana after immigration enforcement operations targeted day laborers at Home Depots across the city that day.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
Protesters are demanding that the hardware store chain protect day laborers against future arrests and deportations after last year's uptick in immigration enforcement operations, some of which happened outside of Home Depot locations in Southern California.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 2 May 2026
MacArthur Park has been a focal point for day laborers and street vendors, and organizers said recent immigration enforcement activity in the area has added to challenges faced by those workers.
—City News Service, Daily News, 1 May 2026
The protests erupted in Santa Ana after immigration enforcement operations targeted day laborers at Home Depots across the city that day.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Day laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20laborer. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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