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Recent Examples of sawyerJohn Cardinal, of Okemos, Michigan, also was in 1770s dress, working up a sweat as a sawyer.—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025 That seems a more viable premium buy-in point for the average amateur sawyer – still quite expensive, but not so drastically.—New Atlas, 24 May 2025 But since the Federal government began slashing jobs at the Forest Service, many people with the power to vet amateur sawyers have been let go or accepted buyouts.—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 12 May 2025 His years spent going from one forest logging job to another, pairing up with other sawyers to fell giant spruces, yield marvelous vignettes of wilderness frontier life.—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025 The crew spread out, and sawyers began to cut the chaparral with their saws.—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 His father, George, owned 25,000 acres of land and operated large plantations in Virginia, relying on enslaved people to work as carpenters, coopers, sawyers, blacksmiths, tanners, shoemakers, spinners, weavers, knitters, distillers, cooks, laundry maids and field laborers.—Sue Eisenfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024 For this reason, some sawyers prefer to over-tighten the chain a bit while sharpening to keep it taut, then reset to the proper tension once the job is complete.—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023 The western red cedar used for the front and back pergolas as well as all the exterior window trim was cut and milled by a sawyer up in Cloverdale, Oregon.—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
Based on Denis Johnson’s beloved novella, Train Dreams is the portrait of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly changing America of the early 20th Century.
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Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
In a town of loggers, hippies, and students, Denise’s father was a doctor.
And there are flashbacks to her father’s days as a lumberjack and her mother’s special powers.
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Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
Toward the end of that video, Kennedy passes the challenge along to Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, who's also the Secretary of Transportation, as well as a former champion lumberjack and reality TV star.
Flags are at half-staff in Wisconsin on Saturday in remembrance of Adam Zirbel, 48, who was a senior forester at the Kettle Moraine State Forest's Northern Unit.
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Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Set after the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Patten) witnesses the execution of his father, a Saxon forester, which incites him to rebel.
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