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sweatshops

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plural of sweatshop

as in factories

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Russia’s constant attacks on factories, energy supply systems and the railways means that steel supply to the Ukrainian armed forces is also being degraded.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
Tariffs are far from the only reason for the lost of manufacturing jobs, and factories have cut workers for decades with or without them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

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Longtime strawberry farmer Rod Koda has rows of plants on his California farm that are still producing fruit well after the harvest would typically end.

— Haven Daley, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Rivera said nearly all of the country’s water treatment plants had reported some degree of infrastructure damage, although the full extent remained under evaluation.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

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Created in partnership with 11 mills from six countries, the collection features sample garments that show how TENCEL™ Lyocell – HV100 looks in production.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
But as the natural resource economy changed and the logging industry shrank, mills closed and jobs vanished.

— Saige Miller, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026

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Keynesianism gets a brain freeze John Maynard Keynes is basically the father of macroeconomics, the study of how the entire economy works, including what the government can do to fight recessions, boost employment, and control inflation.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
Several works confront the digital systems shaping contemporary life, subverting algorithms and finding room for human error and agency.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

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