as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
a youth striving to become something more than just a drudger working at some dead-end job
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The trade was halted, and ships carrying Polynesian laborers were ordered back.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026 -
We’re told that golf balls fished out of a pond are worth more than these laborers.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2026
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More than 15,000 energy workers, including Adamov and his colleagues, are now battling to repair the damage across Ukraine.—
Svitlana Vlasova,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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New Deductions For Tips And Overtime Workers There are two new deductions for workers who rely on variable pay.—
Emma Waldman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement Yet shockingly, this theory is increasingly embraced by many Americans today, including many of the foot soldiers in the Jan. 6 insurrection, along with possibly some Supreme Court Justices and President Donald Trump himself.—
Douglas Letter,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
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Congress has become the president’s foot soldiers.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Drudger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drudger. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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