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
Many laborers are still exhausted and underpaid.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
Construction of the Pennsylvania Canal system, which connected Philadelphia to Pittsburgh in the 1830s, relied on Irish laborers to perform grueling excavation work.
—Paula Kane, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
Last August, in Los Angeles County, when agents appeared near a Home Depot in Monrovia, a day laborer fled on foot into the freeway and was struck and killed by a car.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Called to quell the laborers, the GEB used live ammunition against them.
—Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
Construction of the Pennsylvania Canal system, which connected Philadelphia to Pittsburgh in the 1830s, relied on Irish laborers to perform grueling excavation work.
—Paula Kane, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
Last August, in Los Angeles County, when agents appeared near a Home Depot in Monrovia, a day laborer fled on foot into the freeway and was struck and killed by a car.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Called to quell the laborers, the GEB used live ammunition against them.
—Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laborer
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This time, however, travelers are already facing long lines and delays due to the ongoing partial government shutdown, which has left thousands of TSA workers without pay.—
De'Anthony Taylor,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2026
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Fatalities data, the group says, is based on a range of sources, including sources among medical workers, publicly available images and official statements.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Jews celebrate the freeing of Israelite slaves from Egypt and Moses guiding them to the Promised Land.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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In 1861, Abraham Lincoln, a member of the Republican Party, signed the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all slaves living in non-Union states.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborer. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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