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 Trump is attacking immigration at both ends of spectrum, deporting low-wage laborers and discouraging skilled foreigners from bringing their talents to the United States. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025 This film exposes the harsh contrast between the lives of people who enjoy cutting-edge technology in Silicon Valley and the laborers in the Global South who teach the machines to see. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025 Finding enough workers to fill open landscaping positions has long been a struggle, even when firms can bring in foreign laborers. Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025 During the summer of 1768, a riot broke out in Boston, led by laborers, tradesmen, and sailors protesting against these unjust policing practices. Time, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for laborer
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Noun
  • The White Lotus season 1 centered on a group of guests and workers at the Hawaii location of the titular luxury resort chain.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Reich said Lauren Spors began to scream and threaten those around her, prompting a county worker to call the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • His goal was to start a slave uprising, but few slaves joined the fight.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Eventually, the larvae hijack the host’s brain, turning the caterpillar into their slave.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Laborer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laborer. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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