as in worker
a person who does very hard or dull work
they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships
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Recent Examples of laborer
Tensions are high on the modest farm Bobo’s family maintains alongside a small staff of Black laborers.
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Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 10 July 2025
But his breakout work, The Floor Scrapers—daring in its perspective, vivid colors, and salacious subject of half-naked male laborers—was progressive enough to be denied by the Salon in 1875.
—Harry Seymour, Air Mail, 28 June 2025
In that kind of large-scale project, Thompson-Jones traces echoes of a brutal legacy: the savagery of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin’s Arctic infrastructure campaign, in which roads, railways, and mines were built by prisoners and forced laborers, many of whom died during the construction.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Authorities had alleged that Haskell had hired four day laborers on Nov. 7, 2023 to dispose of several large trash bags, which one of the laborers said contained body parts.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 14 July 2025
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Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 10 July 2025
But his breakout work, The Floor Scrapers—daring in its perspective, vivid colors, and salacious subject of half-naked male laborers—was progressive enough to be denied by the Salon in 1875.
—Harry Seymour, Air Mail, 28 June 2025
In that kind of large-scale project, Thompson-Jones traces echoes of a brutal legacy: the savagery of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin’s Arctic infrastructure campaign, in which roads, railways, and mines were built by prisoners and forced laborers, many of whom died during the construction.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Authorities had alleged that Haskell had hired four day laborers on Nov. 7, 2023 to dispose of several large trash bags, which one of the laborers said contained body parts.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laborer
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Crews removed the worker's body from the trench around 2 a.m. July 29, Real said.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Health workers said at least eight people were killed.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
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Through a blend of interviews, essays, and archival collage, Power follows the history of policing in America, from slave patrols of the 1700s all the way to the present day, putting the change in attitudes into proper context while also asking questions meant to demand change.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The truth is far more complex; my family tree includes at least one slaveholder and at least one slave.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
31 July 2025
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“Laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborer. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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