Examples of dockworker in a Sentence
the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
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The sluggish traffic at America’s largest gateways has dockworkers and truck drivers worried about their jobs, the reporter said.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 8 May 2025
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the river was a bustling hub of trade, crime and traffic, with sailors, merchants, shipwrights, dockworkers, ropemakers, lightermen, fishers and oyster wives rubbing shoulders on its banks.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
As cargo entering major U.S. West Coast ports starts to slow down amid a deceleration in Chinese imports, the union representing dockworkers across the ocean freight hubs has made its opinion clear on where is stands on President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Apr. 2025
That is comparable to the pay for dockworkers on the West Coast, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, whose wages will rise to nearly $61 in 2027.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 8 May 2025
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the river was a bustling hub of trade, crime and traffic, with sailors, merchants, shipwrights, dockworkers, ropemakers, lightermen, fishers and oyster wives rubbing shoulders on its banks.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
As cargo entering major U.S. West Coast ports starts to slow down amid a deceleration in Chinese imports, the union representing dockworkers across the ocean freight hubs has made its opinion clear on where is stands on President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Apr. 2025
That is comparable to the pay for dockworkers on the West Coast, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, whose wages will rise to nearly $61 in 2027.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dockworker
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dockworker. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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dockworker
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dock·work·er
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