as in longshoreman
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
on the wharves, stevedores were unloading cargo from the far corners of the world
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Recent Examples of stevedore
America dodged a sledgehammer on Thursday night, when striking stevedores reached a tentative agreement to return to work.
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Dan Primack, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
What do port workers do? Longshoremen, also referred to as stevedores, handle cargo from incoming ships.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
In a nightmare version of the Gilded Age, bankers and stevedores alike attend vaudevilles, swig opium, and sign contracts with Mephistopheles.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
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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Dan Primack, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
What do port workers do? Longshoremen, also referred to as stevedores, handle cargo from incoming ships.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
In a nightmare version of the Gilded Age, bankers and stevedores alike attend vaudevilles, swig opium, and sign contracts with Mephistopheles.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stevedore
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Tommy Lasorda, who was then the third-base coach, ran past me, yelling everything a longshoreman would utter on a bad day at these two guys.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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The moment outside offered a welcome moment of comfort for Padilla — a longshoreman at the Port of Oakland — and Nunez, who has seen orders to her Bay and Bloom charcuterie business spike as residents plan more outdoor events in the summerlike temperatures.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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But the tough comparisons did not stop the port’s dockworkers from handling the highest total number of TEUs in North America, both for March and the first quarter.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Mamdani’s current chief of staff Elle Bisgaard-Church will serve as chair, while other new members include a Bronx high school teacher and a former dockworker.—
Laura Nahmias,
Bloomberg,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Stevedore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stevedore. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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