as in laborers
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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Noun
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The number of Japanese immigrants increased at the beginning of the 20th century and thousands found work as migrant laborers for white farmers.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025 -
In the early twentieth century, two groups of Indians living in America, young intellectuals and working-class laborers, had very different experiences of the country.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Some families had to go without benefits for several days this month, Haynes said, and many federal workers in the Sacramento region are going unpaid in a season when the demand for food assistance always soars.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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On the back end, VA is ramping up AI uses that ease the burden on workers.—
Adam Stone,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Just as MBAs worldwide have spawned a managerial caste — the foot soldiers of the corporate world — the reckoning schools produced their own commercial caste.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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Like Obama in 2008, Mamdani has mobilized an army of foot soldiers, putting the social in social movement.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Drudgers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drudgers. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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