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Recent Examples of swamper
Their partners, known as swampers, grabbed at underbrush and dragged it away.
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M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
During his tenure in the oil patch, Smith worked as a truck driver’s assistant, or swamper, for a rig-moving company.
—Sarah Smarsh, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021
If something were to happen to the captain, the swamper would be the one to radio for help and manage the situation until others arrived.
—Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017
That comes from my roots of playing in clubs where sometimes the only person who was there was the swamper cleaning up the bar.
—Bob Doerschuk, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
During his tenure in the oil patch, Smith worked as a truck driver’s assistant, or swamper, for a rig-moving company.
—Sarah Smarsh, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021
If something were to happen to the captain, the swamper would be the one to radio for help and manage the situation until others arrived.
—Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017
That comes from my roots of playing in clubs where sometimes the only person who was there was the swamper cleaning up the bar.
—Bob Doerschuk, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swamper
Noun
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Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the city has seen a decline in large scale construction projects, leaving many laborers without steady, long-term employment.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Local 724, the Hollywood laborers’ group, in a landmark election that took place Friday.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Rural farmers could receive payments, urban workers could send money home and millions joined the formal economy for the first time.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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It’s gotten so bad that, in one of the largest H-2A criminal cases ever, a federal judge described the abuse of these workers as a form of modern-day slavery.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Al Jazeera employees even reportedly work with the terrorist group to identify protesters.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP What To Know The Secret Service has launched an internal review into the screening failure on August 31, and the employee responsible for searching the guest's bag has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of that review, the agency said.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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To pretend otherwise in the year 2024 is all-but to out oneself as a hireling.—
Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
12 Feb. 2024
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No refuge could save the hireling and slave.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE.com,
30 June 2021
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“Swamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swamper. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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