as in stevedore
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market
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Recent Examples of longshoreman
Other lawsuits have been filed by the state of Maryland, the city of Baltimore and scores of longshoremen who lost work when the harbor shut down.
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Her husband, a longshoreman working in Alaska, was unable to return home due to travel restrictions, leaving her to manage the business alone.
—Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2025
Bridges traveled the West Coast coordinating a strike of all longshoremen and warehousemen.
—Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made By History, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
The West Coast longshoremen’s union has allowed such technology — like driverless container-moving vehicles — at its ports for years.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Her husband, a longshoreman working in Alaska, was unable to return home due to travel restrictions, leaving her to manage the business alone.
—Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2025
Bridges traveled the West Coast coordinating a strike of all longshoremen and warehousemen.
—Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made By History, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
The West Coast longshoremen’s union has allowed such technology — like driverless container-moving vehicles — at its ports for years.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for longshoreman
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Docks depended on a circulating pool of male maritime workers—crews of seamen and stokers who manned the tramp steamers, gangs of longshoremen, and stevedores who loaded and unloaded goods, as well as artisans and machinists who maintained and repaired the ships and trains.—
Michael Denning,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Aug. 2015
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America dodged a sledgehammer on Thursday night, when striking stevedores reached a tentative agreement to return to work.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
4 Oct. 2024
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Read All About It Tens of thousands of dockworkers reached a tentative agreement on a six-year contract with the company representing 14 major ports from Boston to Miami and along the Gulf Coast, avoiding a looming strike.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
9 Jan. 2025
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Unions secured meaningful employer concessions in recent months following strikes by Boeing factory workers, dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports, video game performers, and hotel and casino workers on the Las Vegas Strip.—
Mead Gruver,
The Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Longshoreman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longshoreman. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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