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or gopher
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Recent Examples of gofer
Detailing his gofer duties today to the court, Kaplan is known to have left Combs’ employ after a year, in some part due to the violence he is said to have seen.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 May 2025
James also worked as a gofer on the Harry Potter sets, as well as on the set of The Da Vinci Code (2006).
—Julia Emmanuele, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Take his role in Nickel Boys as a seemingly harmless gofer who turns out to be capable of shocking violence.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
While gopher tortoises can be encountered in abundance during a visit to the park, guests can also marvel at its longleaf pine forests, with bird species like the downy woodpecker and red-breasted nuthatch found flitting from tree to tree.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 May 2025
James also worked as a gofer on the Harry Potter sets, as well as on the set of The Da Vinci Code (2006).
—Julia Emmanuele, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Take his role in Nickel Boys as a seemingly harmless gofer who turns out to be capable of shocking violence.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
While gopher tortoises can be encountered in abundance during a visit to the park, guests can also marvel at its longleaf pine forests, with bird species like the downy woodpecker and red-breasted nuthatch found flitting from tree to tree.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gofer
Noun
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Darrell Smith, assistant commissioner for school choice and parent empowerment, has said about 55% are in kindergarten through fifth grade, while 23% are in middle school and 22% are in high school.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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An invitation to visit a friend’s family farm in Kenya in 1956 led to an introduction with the archaeologist Louis Leakey, who hired Goodall as an assistant and secretary.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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Mercedes is everybody’s dogsbody, at home and at work.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2024
Noun
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But the ringer is Michael Cera, as Norwegian tutor Bjørn Lund, employed as an all-purpose factotum by the shady, swaggering, death-defying entrepreneur played by Del Toro.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Sophie Monks Kaufman is a writer, film-industry factotum and mixed bag of expressive impulses based in London.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Offload drudge work and risky tasks so humans can focus on safer, more creative work.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jackson hoped that the exhibition would counter the misconception that medieval women were universally downtrodden drudges.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Drivers should turn north at Southwest 112th Avenue and follow parking attendants into the general parking area.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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While pay ranges depending on exact position, collective bargaining agreements across New York City hotels have secured upward of $40/hour for some positions, including room attendants.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their three children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and housekeepers will likely stay in smaller properties nearby.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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In one case, a hospital employee worked her way up from housekeeper to registrar to quality analyst.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Gofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gofer. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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