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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
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While the independent committee supporting Coyne is backed by Local 89, a laborers union, Crosby has been endorsed by the city’s largest labor union — the Municipal Employees Association — and the region’s largest labor organization, the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Only a few years ago, Black farm workers in the Delta settled lawsuits over claims white laborers from South Africa were paid more for the same work.—
Drew Hawkins,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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This cost is nominally shared between employers and employees, but workers bear the real burden through both paycheck deductions and forgone wages.—
Jordan Bruneau,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Research published last year on Japanese nursing homes found that robot adoption reduced worker quit rates and was associated with better care quality.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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The closures affected some 14,000 employees at the time.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Clayton Peavey, 31, used a concrete brick to attack a Chick-fil-A employee in March, leaving her with several gashes on her head and requiring stitches.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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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 29 Apr. 2026.
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