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Recent Examples of navvy
Several thousand navvies worked on the railway, living in makeshift camps, and many died in accidents, or from exposure and disease in the bitterly cold winters.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for navvy
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In fact, in a time when artificial intelligence imperils the livelihoods – and lives – of laborers across economic classes, sumptuous spectacle can be an act of resistance in its own right.—
Eileen G'Sell,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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The town attracts large numbers of laborers who work in large gold mines with muddy pools of gold deposits, narrow pits and caves.—
Justin Kabumba,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Yet the story of the toiler turned tycoon persisted.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Noun
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What is the return for the employee, e.g. less drudge work, faster decisions, more time for higher-value tasks?—
Stephen Wunker,
Forbes.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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Although free labor can help a candidate win, volunteers are also seen as a source of risk, best restricted to such drudge work as phone banking or door knocking.—
Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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In spring and summer, the abundance of beetles, crickets, grasshoppers and grubs provide a high protein source of food for skunks.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
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Reduce Nematodes While nematodes can help combat grubs, too many of them can be detrimental.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
7 June 2026
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Four years ago, a longtime admirer of Morris’s, Paul Clements, produced a workman-like survey of the travel writer’s life and oeuvre; now Wheeler comes forth with a much deeper and more questioning look at an author who could seem at home everywhere, yet remain a stranger in her own household.—
Pico Iyer,
Air Mail,
2 May 2026
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Hilgenberg and Voigt were business partners, Blair was Voigt’s racquetball partner and McNeill was Voigt’s workman’s compensation lawyer.—
Charley Walters,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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The installers were jobbers who worked for one of the big-box retailers.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
26 July 2025
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Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.—
Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Aug. 2023
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What was once a workingman’s district is now River North, a polished landscape of galleries, luxury apartments and expense-account dining.—
David Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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Company founder Leo Fender and his group of California guitar-makers debuted the Telecaster in 1951 as a durable workingman’s guitar.—
Matthew Leimkuehler,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2026
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“Navvy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navvy. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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