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Recent Examples of sweatshop
Adding further fuel were the recent supply chain scandals in Italy’s high-end pipeline, which linked marquee brands including Dior, Valentino, Loro Piana, Giorgio Armani and Tod’s, among others, to subcontractors allegedly engaged in sweatshop schemes and labor exploitation.
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Here are the anti-suicide nets at Foxconn’s Chinese sweatshops, the teeny-tiny Apple logos engraved on the smallest iPhone parts to guard against unauthorized repair.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
Conducting business with the State Department was now on the same level as purchasing soft pretzels and sweatshop clothing, and this calmed Daria.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
The sweatshop videos had earlier circulated on Chinese social media platforms, and were amplified by Chinese and Russian state media.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Here are the anti-suicide nets at Foxconn’s Chinese sweatshops, the teeny-tiny Apple logos engraved on the smallest iPhone parts to guard against unauthorized repair.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
Conducting business with the State Department was now on the same level as purchasing soft pretzels and sweatshop clothing, and this calmed Daria.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
The sweatshop videos had earlier circulated on Chinese social media platforms, and were amplified by Chinese and Russian state media.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweatshop
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Home-building robots could help fix the housing crisis A UK tech company says its portable micro-factories can produce the wooden frame of a house in just one day.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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What Google has built is an environment factory, a system that collapses the months of hand-coding traditionally required to create training simulations into seconds of text prompting.—
Nicole Fraenkel,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The park spans 11 acres, with multiple gardens showcasing heritage plants, succulents, cacti, and herbs.—
Molly Allen,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Planting outside too early can slow the plants down.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Mar. 2026
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The neighborhood just east of downtown used to be filled with cotton mill workers.—
Thomas Lake,
AJC.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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The lot, however, is a congested warren of stages, offices, trailers and support facilities such as woodworking mills that date to the early 20th century.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Many works of Georges Méliès are even believed to have been burned as the original negatives, as the nitrate film stock is incredibly fragile and inflammable.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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The organization was founded in 1992 with a series of artist commissions and installations for specific places, focused on public engagement with the arts and the social and political contexts explored in these works.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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The center hosts exhibitions, educational opportunities, and workshops, and many artists show and sell their work in local village galleries.—
Molly Allen,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Additional activities are scheduled during the season and include flower workshops, wellness classes, live music and wine tasting.—
Martina Schimitschek,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Sweatshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweatshop. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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