gofer

variants or gopher
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Recent Examples of gofer The gophers that have made your back yard the Penn Station of the gopher world? Broti Gupta, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026 As a kid in Riverside, 50 miles east of Los Angeles, Bobby went to work as a caddie and a construction gofer. Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025 Gray foxes keep gopher, vole, ground squirrel, rat and mice populations in check. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025 The 360-acre preserve adjacent to the LEC and Deltona Regional Library is home to a variety of wildlife, including Florida scrub jays and gopher tortoises, which are drawn to the low vegetation and sandy ridges of the scrub habitat. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gofer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gofer
Noun
  • The Google Health app already works with data from other apps and devices, but the AI assistant within it is only available for Pixel Watch and Fitbit products today.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
  • The post directed interested candidates to apply online, and email resumes to Mansfield ISD assistant athletic director Dawn Mailloux-Smith and head football coach and athletic coordinator Kirk Thor.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Having progressed from bottle washing and being a general dogsbody to a youth strength and conditioning coach, Bunce served as Southampton’s head of athletic development between 2011 and 2014, working closely with youngsters such as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Luke Shaw.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Mercedes is everybody’s dogsbody, at home and at work.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The system was so rotten that the FBI indicted nine FIFA factotums in 2015—but that was another era.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Ironically, a hiring surge of factotums has helped push San Diego to the financial brink.
    Kate Callen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • What is the return for the employee, e.g. less drudge work, faster decisions, more time for higher-value tasks?
    Stephen Wunker, Forbes.com, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Although free labor can help a candidate win, volunteers are also seen as a source of risk, best restricted to such drudge work as phone banking or door knocking.
    Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Korean Air—already known for its in-flight bulgogi meals and the well-polished attendants who service them—is upgrading its airport lounges in key cities, including Seoul, Los Angeles, and New York.
    Lauren Mechling, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Certain students in Work Experience Education programs — or those working as personal attendants such as babysitters or nannies — may be allowed to work up to eight hours on a school day.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Hotel housekeepers and cruise-cabin attendants are experts at creating spaces that feel polished and instantly put together, often by focusing on just one high-impact detail.
    Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 2 May 2026
  • An assistant Cook County public defender said Tate was currently a junior at Pathways High School and lives with his older sister, who works as a housekeeper.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026

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“Gofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gofer. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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